An artificial intelligence character posing as a Chinese healing monk has amassed roughly 2.4 million followers across social media in about three months, later directing that audience toward digital products that appear to be entirely AI generated.
Operating under the names Yang Mun and Yangmug, the account began appearing on Facebook and TikTok in October 2025 before gaining traction on Instagram. The character presents himself as a wise Eastern healer offering life advice and health guidance, with content aimed largely at health conscious American users and framed around wellness and traditional healing themes.
Multiple independent investigations by social media researchers indicate that the entire persona is synthetic. The scenery, facial features, voice, displayed Chinese characters and scripted dialogue are all seeming;y generated using AI tools. The production pipeline appears fully automated, resulting in a fabricated identity presented as a coherent individual.
Despite the Eastern presentation, the content itself reflects Western cultural references. The character discusses gut health, mentions microwave popcorn and relies on familiar American wellness talking points. The talks appear to repackage Western health trends inside an Eastern aesthetic, relying on visual stereotypes rather than authentic traditions.
The account uses hashtags such as USAHealth, American and USA to target US audiences. This positioning appears intentional, as the character performs in a way that would be highly unusual for an actual Chinese practitioner. The appeal comes not from cultural accuracy but from novelty and algorithmic differentiation.
In one viral video the ‘monk’ advises his followeers on anxiety and upsells them on his pricey course:
‘What once protected the child becomes exhaustion in the adult. Anxiety is not a brokenness. It is adaptation. It is the nervous system saying, I learned this to keep you safe. Healing does not come from fighting the system, but from slowly teaching it that survival is no longer required. This is why the 30-day healing journey exists, not to fix you, but to gently guide the body out of constant alertness, one day at a time.”
The commercial intent became clearer when the domain Yangmuns.com was registered on November 4, followed by the sale of a $10.99 ebook and promotion of a $49.99 product titled
“30 Day Healing Journey”
While the account later added AI disclosure labels to some videos, those notices are reportedly small and easy to overlook. Many viewers likely consume the content without realizing the character is entirely artificial.
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