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How to create and improve personas with AI

Learn how to use the AI persona creator

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Written by Tanya from UXPressia
Updated over 2 weeks ago

You can create a new persona from scratch or enhance an existing one using the AI functionality inside the Personas tool.

generating a persona from the persona editor

... or from the Dashboard or Tag page.

AI generation of a persona

Generating a new persona with the AI Persona Maker

The AI-powered functionality generates content for all text-based sections, which include but are not limited to:

  • Background;

  • Motivations;

  • Frustrations;

  • Quote;

  • Context;

  • Challenges.

Describe your case

Open the AI Persona Maker and describe your case to generate a persona. The more details you provide, the more detailed the output will be.

persona description for generation

Upload raw data

You can use raw data in generation by uploading files.

Note: This feature is available starting from the Pro plan.

Select your target language

Select your target language for the persona: English, Spanish, French, etc.

language menu for the persona

Specify whether to generate a persona photo

If you want AI to generate a realistic photo-like image of your persona, check the box in the photo section.

Then click the ‘Let the magic begin button and wait for the AI to generate the persona for you.

persona generation example

As a result, you'll get a persona profile similar to the one below. The sections and their content will depend on your case and the data you provided.

What if none of the sections match my needs?

If none of UXPressia’s textual sections match your needs, create an empty persona first, add a new section to your empty persona, and rename it:

custom sections in AI personas maker

When generating the content, AI uses section titles. So be sure to give your sections descriptive titles, e.g., channels, skills, etc.

descriptive section titles for AI

Once you have the necessary sections in place, open the AI Persona maker and proceed to the ‘Suggest a new persona’ tab.

In this tab, you need to add all the information you have gathered about the persona or describe the case if you don’t have any data yet. Be as specific as possible to achieve a good result, especially if you have custom sections.

How to improve the existing persona with AI

To improve the persona you have, follow these steps:

  • Open the AI persona generator and go to the ‘Improve this persona’ tab.

  • Select the sections you want to update with the help of AI. Note: empty sections are not displayed here. AI needs some initial text to work with.

  • Specify the details you want AI to add. For that purpose, you can choose one of the options in the ‘What would you like to improve?’ section, write a custom request, or do both:

sections to update with AI

When you finish, hit the ‘Let the magic begin’ button to update your persona.

You can also translate your persona into another language if you wish.

AI persona translator

You can also generate custom persona images with AI (or replace existing ones) using the AI image generator.

The AI Personas event recording

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