The content creators behind channels like Chloe VS History are using AI tools to ‘bring history to life in a really visceral way’

“I have just arrived in Tudor London, 1536,” a young woman in a green puffer jacket tells the camera. “I’m going to check in at my room in the inn, get into the market. Then, later I am meeting the actual king – yep, Henry VIII – in person.”

On YouTube and other social platforms, users are flocking to watch AI-generated “history influencers”, characters that vlog their travels to historical settings.

2025 fuhr der Youtuber Mishka Polyakov zur Insel des isolierten Volks der Sentinelesen und hinterließ eine Coladose. Dafür musste er ins Gefängnis. Inzwischen ist er wieder unterwegs. Welche Bedrohung geht von Leuten wie ihm aus?