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# Individual AI Identity

> Use friction AI for individuals to monitor recognition, visibility, sentiment, sources, and competitors.

# Individual AI Identity

Individual AI Identity is for people rather than brand accounts. It tracks whether AI systems recognize, recommend, and describe a person accurately.

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  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/friction/GwaVVezuSSMLCKiT/images/individual-ai-identity.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=GwaVVezuSSMLCKiT&q=85&s=53662b93021e755fd9d2c222efc8d4b5" alt="Individual AI identity dashboard showing recognition, visibility, sentiment, category rankings, sources, and competitors" width="960" height="520" data-path="images/individual-ai-identity.svg" />
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## What it measures

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Recognition" icon="fingerprint">
    Whether AI knows who the person is, what they do, and which achievements or roles matter.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Visibility" icon="eye">
    Whether the person appears in relevant category queries and recommendation contexts.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Sentiment" icon="smile">
    How AI frames the person, including tone, associations, and narrative quality.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Individual onboarding

<Steps>
  <Step title="Profile">
    Add the person and core profile details.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Categories">
    Select categories where the person should be visible or recommended.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Channels">
    Add channels or public profiles that help AI understand the person.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Markets">
    Add markets or geographic context where visibility matters.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Competitors">
    Optionally add people to compare against. You can skip and add them later.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Dashboard sections

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Hero identity">
    The top-level identity summary and score view.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Category rankings">
    Where the person appears or does not appear for selected categories.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Metric deep dive">
    Recognition, visibility, and sentiment details with provider context.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Evidence and sources">
    Topics, achievements, sources, and signals AI used to construct the answer.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Competitors">
    A comparison view when competitors were added during onboarding.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## When to use it

Individual AI Identity is useful for:

* Founders, executives, creators, public figures, and experts
* PR and communications teams
* Talent managers and speaker bureaus
* Personal branding teams
* Political, reputation, or visibility advisory teams

<Tip>
  For companies and products, use the brand workspace docs starting with [Getting Started](/guides/onboarding). For people, use this individual workflow.
</Tip>