Instagram / @lilmiquela/ @shudu.gram September 19, 2023 Virtual influencers: meet the AI-generated figures posing as your new online friends – as they try to sell you stuff Mai Nguyen, Griffith University Virtual influencers have relationships, explore the world and take risks. The web is their playground – but they don’t exist.
Barbie was developed in 1959 as a doll. Since then, she has evolved through a series of physical and digital iterations. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz) July 17, 2023 Barbie isn’t just a movie star now — she’s also a virtual social media influencer Jul Parke, University of Toronto Barbie is an icon of nostalgia — but she’s also a forerunner of the metaverse.
lilmiquela/Instagram January 30, 2022 ‘Virtual influencers’ are here, but should Meta really be setting the ethical ground rules? Tama Leaver, Curtin University and Rachel Berryman, Curtin University That impossibly beautiful model on Instagram might be just that. CGI influencers are already on social media, and Meta’s commercial interest means it shouldn’t be in charge of the ethical guidelines.