Influencers Have Abandoned Reality: AI Animals Are Boosting Engagement While Trust Collapses!
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Source
bbc.com
Published
Nov 29, 2025
Category
AI & Machine Learning
Executive summary
When Zoe Ilana Hill saw other influencers getting high engagement by integrating their animals into their photos using AI, she tried this method herself and got high engagement. Influencers have noticed the high engagement potential of artificial intelligence in the animal trend. Influencers now see AI-generated content as a tool rather than a threat and are using AI to support their posts.
Analyst insight
Artificial intelligence combines a scene rarely encountered in the real world with an ordinary person's everyday photo. This is one of the reasons why the trend of adding animals using artificial intelligence has gone viral. However, the problem here is that people can no longer trust the content being produced. As a result, people no longer have faith in real photos either. AI has two sides: the good and the bad. The good side is that it enhances creativity; the bad side is that it undermines reality and trust