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AI-Generated Virtual Model
Aitana López is Spain’s first prominent AI-generated influencer, created in 2023 by the Barcelona agency The Clueless. Presented as a pink-haired 25-year-old model, she pulls in thousands of euros a month in brand deals — a showcase of fully synthetic talent.
Virtual Model (Japan)
imma is Japan’s first prominent virtual model — a pink-bobbed CGI persona from Tokyo studio Aww Inc. In 2024 Aww partnered with NVIDIA to build an interactive “AI imma,” pushing the persona toward real-time generative AI.
Virtual Influencer (CGI Persona)
Lil Miquela is the first viral virtual influencer — a computer-generated persona launched in 2016 by the LA startup Brud, with millions of followers and major fashion campaigns. She is a commercial embodiment of AI-era synthetic content.
AI Virtual Pop Star & Digital Model
Noonoouri is a digital avatar created in 2018 by Munich designer Joerg Zuber. In 2023 she became the first digital artist signed to a major label — Warner Music — with vocals generated by AI, a landmark for synthetic pop.
YouTuber
The online handle of Felix Kjellberg, one of YouTube’s most-subscribed creators of all time. In 2025 he reinvented himself as an open-source AI tinkerer — building Odysseus, his own self-hosted AI workspace — and turned “owning your own AI” into a rallying cry against Big Tech.
The World’s First Digital Supermodel
Shudu is a photorealistic CGI model created in 2017 by British photographer Cameron-James Wilson and billed as “the world’s first digital supermodel.” She is the flagship of his all-digital agency The Diigitals — a landmark case in synthetic fashion talent.
PizzaCake Comics Creator
The Canadian cartoonist behind PizzaCake, one of Reddit’s most-followed webcomics — a vocal AI critic who says machine-made content “misses that intentionality” and lands in the uncanny valley.
