India, April 22 -- A 22-year-old Indian medical student has admitted to creating an AI-generated social media persona named "Emily Hart" and using it to earn thousands of dollars online by targeting politically engaged audiences, according to a report by WIRED.

"Emily Hart" is a completely fictional online persona created using generative AI tools, including image-generation models and chat-based systems. The character was presented as a young, conservative American nurse with patriotic and right-wing views.

The creator, identified in WIRED's report as "Sam", a pseudonym, said he designed Emily as a "registered nurse and Jennifer Lawrence look-alike" and built her Instagram presence around lifestyle and political content.

Her posts inc...