No, your favorite influencer doesn’t have a dozen dachshund dogs. It’s just AI

No, your favorite influencer doesn’t have a dozen dachshund dogs. It’s just AI

By bbc.com
Publication Date: 2025-11-29 00:03:00

@zoeilanahill A woman with blonde hair holds a dachshund dog - the dog is AI-generated.@zoeilanahill

Influencer Zoe Ilana Hill took part in the new AI animal trend on Instagram

ATTENTION: ALL PHOTOS WITH ANIMALS WERE CREATED WITH AI

If you’ve been scrolling through social media lately, you may have noticed posts that seem a little…off.

Grainy CCTV footage of a dog saving a child from a bear attack, a video of wild rabbits on a trampoline or an image of a Christmas market outside Buckingham Palace.

It is all AI-generated and is labeled as AI “junk” due to its low quality and inauthenticity.

Both social media users and content creators fear that AI feed flooding will result in a less authentic online experience – and drown out real posts.

But a new trend in which people add AI-generated animals to original photos has encouraged some content creators to use AI.

@zoeilanahill A selection of Instagram posts from Zoe Ilana Hill, who uses AI to generate images of animals@zoeilanahill

Zoe was inspired to jump on the trend after seeing another influencer do it

“I thought this was really niche because it looked so real,” the influencer said…