{
  "id": 756823,
  "title": "So You Want to Build an A.I. Star?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/so-you-want-to-build-an-a-i-star-756823",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-13T09:00:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New York Times",
    "slug": "the-new-york-times",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/arts/ai-podcasts-fashion-pop-avatars.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Designers at a new crop of creative studios create fake personas they hope real people will love. Are they distorting culture or mirroring it?",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}