The Bleeding Edge

// Building with AI · In test

AI Influencer, Disclosed

Openly AI characters with a consistent look, a real voice and one honest product each. We're testing four in public before we sell anyone a guide.

This is the project we're running live right now. We've designed four openly AI characters, each with a niche, a look, a voice and one digital product. Next we'll post as them, in public, and measure what happens.

Every account says it's AI and links its sources, and none of them give advice. When the test has numbers we'll put them here, dated. The pro pack and the guided build ship after that, so that everything in them has been used for real.

// Who it's for

  • ▸ Solo operators who want a content character without being on camera
  • ▸ Agencies building social content for clients, with the disclosure done properly

// Who it isn't for

  • ▸ Anyone who wants to pass an AI character off as a real person. Every account here says it's AI.
  • ▸ Anyone buying a promise of income. There are no income claims on this page, and there won't be until we've measured our own.

// Proof it works

  • Four test personas designed and approved: a longevity-science explainer, an alpaca farmer, a money-habits mentor, a dating-stories narratoras of 2026-09-28
  • Week-one scripts written: five short videos per persona, every fact sourcedas of 2026-09-28
  • Live test: not started yet. Real, dated numbers go here once it's runningas of 2026-09-28

// Build it yourself, build it with us, or have it built

Build it yourself

Starter prompts

Free

You can already build. Copy these and go. No email needed.

Design a disclosed AI persona

Fill in the niche, the audience and a product idea (or ask for one). You get a full persona brief: look, character, content formats, sources, an AI-disclosing bio and the red lines.

You are designing an openly AI-generated social media character. The character is disclosed as AI everywhere, never imitates a real person, and never gives medical, financial or legal advice.

Niche: {{NICHE}}
Audience: {{WHO SHOULD FOLLOW THIS ACCOUNT}}
The one digital product the character will sell: {{PRODUCT IDEA, or "suggest one"}}

Write the persona brief with these sections:

1. **Name and one-line hook**: what the character does for the follower, in their own words.
2. **Look**: age, face, hair, clothing and 3-4 recurring settings, written as a description an image model can follow. Describe an invented person only. No celebrity or real-person references.
3. **Character**: 3 traits, a catchphrase, and what they refuse to do or claim (for example "never claims a degree").
4. **Content pillars**: 3 repeatable post formats, each with one example post idea.
5. **Sources**: where the character's facts come from (primary sources, official bodies, published data), and the rule that every factual claim links its source.
6. **Bio**: under 150 characters. It must say the character is AI, and add "not medical/financial advice" where the niche needs it.
7. **Product**: what it is, who it's for, and what it does NOT promise.
8. **Red lines**: 4-6 things this account will never post.

Keep it practical and specific. No income or follower-count promises.

Tested on Claude Opus 5.5 on 28 September 2026 with a beginner sourdough niche. It returned a complete brief: an invented character, sourced facts (food-safety agencies and peer-reviewed papers), an AI-disclosing bio, and red lines that ruled out health claims. Check any sources it names before you use them.

Build it yourself

Pro pack

$29

You already use Claude and an image model, and want prompts that have been used on real accounts.

  • The prompts for look, voice, scripts and captions
  • Claude skills for the weekly content run
  • The disclosure checklist, per platform

Ships after the live test, so every prompt in it has been used for real.

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Build it with us

Guided build

$49

You can't build yet. Every step, every account, every command. Pro pack included.

  • Everything in the pro pack
  • The full build, step by step: persona, consistent images, video, scheduling and the product
  • What we spent and what we got back, dated

Ships after the live test, with our measured results.

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Have it built

Have it built

You want the outcome, not the build.

  • A disclosed AI persona built for your brand or agency, by us

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// Rules and limits

  • Say it's AI in the bio, and use Meta's AI label on every photorealistic post.
  • EU AI Act Article 50: people have to be told when content is AI-generated. It has applied since 2 August 2026.
  • Label paid partnerships and affiliate links (the FTC's Endorsement Guides in the US; similar rules in the EU and UK).
  • No real person's likeness. Faces come from written descriptions only; if one looks like someone famous, regenerate it.
  • No medical, financial or legal advice, and every factual claim links its source.