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Amanda Caswell

'If this 22-year-old made $400,000 over the weekend, why can't I?' Inside the fake AI entrepreneur boom

Influencer.

"Meet Mira. She generates 30 million weekly views across TikTok and Instagram. Last week, an energy drink company paid $6,500 to sponsor her latest post. Her 22-year-old creator just rented a studio in Austin and bought a Tesla in cash. Here's the exact prompt and software stack he used to build a $70,000-a-month empire."

If that sounds familiar, it's because your social feeds are undoubtedly full of posts like it. They all follow the same formula of an ordinary person, an extraordinary income and just enough technical detail to make the whole thing sound believable.

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