June 01, 2026 Max Headroom is the godfather of AI influencers BY R. Vann Graves In 1985, three British writers, George Stone, Annabel Jankel, and Rocky Morton created Max Headroom, a glitching, stuttering synthetic personality derived from a human template for the TV show Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future. They imagined him as satire—a … Continue reading Max Headroom is the godfather of AI influencers →