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AI grifters are creating fake Black people to sell Shein junk
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Key facts
- Can race, guilt, and empathy get you to pay $40 for this $9 belt buckle on TikTok
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- But Aliyah isn’t real, and neither are her supposedly handmade products, she’s one of many AI-generated influencers created to sell mass-produced products via dropshipping on TikTok, Facebook
- There are some clues to spot to determine that this video is AI-generated
Summary
Can race, guilt, and empathy get you to pay $40 for this $9 belt buckle on TikTok? Aliyah, a light-skinned Black woman dressed in country-western gear, is struggling to sell metal buckles she handmade on TikTok. But Aliyah isn’t real, and neither are her supposedly handmade products, she’s one of many AI-generated influencers created to sell mass-produced products via dropshipping on TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram. There are some clues to spot to determine that this video is AI-generated. And lastly, there are dozens of uncannily comparable videos, but with different AI-generated characters, circulating on TikTok.