AI Instagram Accounts Steal 8 Comedians' Jokes as Meta Leaves 250,000-Follower Profiles Up
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Updated · WIRED · Oct 16
AI Instagram Accounts Steal 8 Comedians' Jokes as Meta Leaves 250,000-Follower Profiles Up
2 articles · Updated · WIRED · Oct 16
Summary
Eight comedians identified by WIRED had stand-up bits copied into sexualized AI-generated Instagram videos, with some clone accounts drawing larger audiences than the original clips.
Meta repeatedly told comics the posts did not violate its rules because they were not impersonation, even when creators said jokes and likenesses were copied; all flagged AI accounts remained active.
250,000-follower Aylen Skye and 375,000-follower Tiffany Sloane linked viewers to Fanvue or OnlyFans-style pages, turning viral stand-up material into monetized adult-adjacent content.
October 3 brought a viral complaint from comedian George Brett Olson, whose joke and look were closely replicated by Sloane; the account deleted some videos after backlash, but Meta still did not remove it.
The dispute exposes a gap in protection for comedians, whose jokes often lack strong copyright coverage, while Meta says it is not practical to ban AI content outright.