The Verge reports new AI influencer contest called AI Personality of the Year

In short: A new contest for AI-created influencer characters is being reported, but independent confirmation and details are still limited.

What happened

The Verge reports that a contest called “AI Personality of the Year” is set to open on Monday and run for a month. The story describes it as a joint effort between OpenArt, Fanvue, and ElevenLabs.

The contest is described as focusing on AI influencers, meaning online personalities that are partly or fully made with AI tools (like a fictional character that posts content as if they are real). The Verge frames it as a follow-on to earlier AI-focused competitions, like AI beauty pageants and AI music contests.

At the same time, searches for more information do not clearly confirm the contest as described in the prompt. Many search results instead point to other AI awards for things like business use, research, education, and ethics, not influencer style characters. If this contest was only recently announced, it may not have widely published pages yet.

Why it matters

AI influencer accounts can attract real audiences and real money through ads and sponsorships, even if the “person” is made up. An award like this could encourage more AI-made personalities to show up in feeds, which may make it harder for people to tell what is a real person versus a designed character (like a mascot that talks back). It also raises basic questions about disclosure, including when creators should clearly label what is AI-generated.

Source: The Verge AI