AI-generated "comics" copy stand-up jokes to steer viewers to OnlyFans and Fanvue

Left · 2Stand-up comics are accusing a group of AI-generated, scantily clad female Instagram personas of lifting their jokes word for word and using the resulting views to drive people to OnlyFans and Fanvue pages. 1 2 Left · 1Comic Julia Jasunas found that an account called Aylen Skye, with about 250,000 Instagram followers, had delivered a joke of Jasunas's about renting out a room, verbatim, down to the "ums" and "ahs"; the website Skye advertised redirected to NSFW content on Fanvue. 1 Left · 2Comic George Brett Olson posted a viral video on 3 October captioned "AI stole my joke!!!", comparing a bit about Republicans and AI with a near-identical one from an account called Tiffany Sloane; both used similar backdrops and outfits, and only the punch line differed. Wired puts that account's Instagram following at more than 375,000 and The Hollywood Reporter at 300,000. 1 2

Left · 2Wired says it identified eight comics whose videos were replicated by AI-generated women, many of whom follow each other, and that the copies are of already-viral clips with better lighting, sound and more revealing outfits. The Hollywood Reporter says the UK site Chortle found further stolen jokes on the Skye account, from Char Ramtin, Olivia Carter and Hannah Berner. 1 2 Left · 1Jasunas reported the video to Meta for impersonation, but says Meta replied that it did not violate community guidelines because Skye was not pretending to be Jasunas. Olson says followers who reported the Sloane video got a similar answer. Wired reports that most of Skye's posts are now flagged as AI content, though the account remains. 1 Left · 2Instagram head Adam Mosseri said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter that banning AI content is not practical, but that Instagram is "very invested in trying to drive more traffic to original content creators" and that, if an AI creator is ripping off content wholesale, "it would be good for us to work out what we can do about that"; he said he was unsure what that would be but would raise it with the team. A Meta spokesperson said the problem has also appeared on YouTube and TikTok, and told Wired the company's policies are clear and Mosseri's comment "speaks for itself". Wired reports the flagged accounts are still on the platform. 2 1

Left · 1Wired says Instagram's impersonation rules do not cover copying someone's content, particularly uncopyrighted content, and that AI content is allowed if labelled. It adds that jokes have historically had little copyright protection and that litigation over low-value work is rare; an intellectual property lawyer Olson consulted reportedly said a threat of a lawsuit was probably not worth it unless the account made millions. 1 Left · 2Reactions differ: Comic Mandy Martino, whose joke was also used, called for rules to protect creators, and Olson said Sloane commented "sorry, won't happen again" and deleted its video, according to Wired. Andreessen Horowitz partner Justine Moore publicly called the Sloane account "a genius marketing hack". Neither account cited responded to The Hollywood Reporter's request for comment, and Wired reports Skye did not respond and Sloane did not immediately respond. 1 2