The influencer in this AI Vodafone ad isn’t real

I opened TikTok while visiting Germany last week and stumbled across a Vodafone ad being presented by a woman who probably doesn’t exist. The ad includes several “tells” that suggest the presenter was artificially created using generative AI — the unnatural style and movement of her hair, the way her moles disappear, and the uncanny […]

2025-09-08 10:30 GMT · 7 months ago www.theverge.com

I opened TikTok while visiting Germany last week and stumbled across a Vodafone ad being presented by a woman who probably doesn’t exist. The ad includes several “tells” that suggest the presenter was artificially created using generative AI — the unnatural style and movement of her hair, the way her moles disappear, and the uncanny […]

Original: https://www.theverge.com/news/773567/vodafone-generative-ai-ad-presenter-tiktok