AI influencer poses as grieving woman on TikTok to promote bereavement app, millions of views
omooretweets · x · 2026-10-19
A marketer who previously ran a TikTok for an AI influencer flags a tricky case: a TikTok account using an AI-generated woman shares "advice from her own experience" to funnel viewers toward an app for people grieving lost loved ones.
The videos rack up millions of views with no sign the audience detects it's AI. He wrestles with the ethics: there may be a real human behind it, and if the app genuinely helps, does the delivery method matter? Still, he recalls feeling guilty when viewers sympathized with his own AI character — and grief is a far more sensitive subject.
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