AI influencers are already here: Instagram builds audience, Fanvue monetizes it
s_mohinii · x · 2026-10-08
AI influencers aren't the future — they're already here. The face can be fake but the audience (and revenue) is real: Instagram builds the attention while platforms like Fanvue convert it into income, with AI making content creation faster, scalable and consistent. As the quoted post notes, many people have already been fooled into thinking virtual characters were real — and they earned big money doing it.
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