AI-Generated Influencers Are Stealing Jokes From Comedians to Boost Adult Content Sites

AI-Generated Women Ripping Off Comics Verbatim

Stand-up comedian Julia Jasunas discovered her joke had been stolen when a fellow comic sent her a disturbing link1

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. The video featured Aylen Skye, a buxom blonde with 250,000 Instagram followers, delivering Jasunas' routine about renting a room to an attractive man—word for word, including the "ums" and "ahs"1

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. Skye's website redirected to NSFW content on Fanvue, a subscription platform marketing itself as the "No1 AI monetisation platform for creators"1

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. Another AI-generated comedian, Tiffany Sloane, accumulated over 375,000 Instagram followers within weeks of launching in September, with one stand-up clip garnering more than 7 million views in under two weeks3

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. George Brett Olson found Sloane had stolen his joke about Republicans and AI, performing it against a matching backdrop while wearing similar clothing3

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Funneling Stolen Content to Adult Subscription Sites

These AI-generated influencers are using stolen comedy to drive traffic to adult subscription sites including OnlyFans and Fanvue3

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. The AI fakes perform in skimpy outfits before digitally manufactured audiences, with better lighting and sound than the original comedians1

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. Comedian Olivia Carter discovered multiple AI-generated women had repurposed her joke about asking out her personal trainer—a routine she previously performed on Netflix and "The Tonight Show"3

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. One offending account had 180,000 followers while another boasted 240,000, compared to Carter's roughly 113,000 at the time3

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. WIRED identified eight comedians whose videos have been replicated by AI-generated content theft operations1

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Meta's Policy Gaps Leave Creators Unprotected

When Jasunas reported Aylen Skye to Meta for impersonation, the platform told her it did not violate community guidelines because Skye wasn't pretending to be Jasunas—just passing off her joke as its own1

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. Instagram's community guidelines prohibit impersonation but don't extend to copying someone else's content, particularly if that content isn't copyrighted1

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. Supporters who reported Sloane's video were informed the content did not violate the platform's community guidelines3

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. Instagram chief Adam Mosseri acknowledged the problem but said he didn't think it was "practical for us to try and ban AI content from the platform"2

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. Mosseri stated Meta was "very invested in trying to drive more traffic to original content creators" and would investigate what could be done about AI-generated comedians ripping off content wholesale2

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Ethical Concerns and Economic Impact on Content Creators

The misuse of AI in content creation raises serious ethical concerns for stand-up comedians whose livelihoods depend on original material. "It's one thing to have your jokes stolen," Jasunas explained. "It's another to funnel your work into something so sexualized, for someone else's profit"1

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. Comedian Mandy Martino, who also had jokes lifted by Skye, warned: "AI is evolving very fast, and we need rules to protect creators before this becomes a bigger issue"1

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. Olson consulted an intellectual property lawyer but was advised pursuing legal action likely wouldn't be worthwhile unless the OnlyFans account was generating millions of dollars3

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. The technology for clone videos has improved exponentially, making it difficult to tell whether the women in the videos are real people1

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. Some AI-generated videos perform better than the originals, spawning calls for increased protections for original content on Instagram1

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