AI-Generated Instagram Influencers Accused of Stealing Stand-Up Comedy Jokes

Stand-up comic Julia Jasunas discovered that Instagram influencer Aylen Skye had lifted her joke word-for-word. Skye, boasting 250,000 followers, was promoting AylenTV.com, which links to NSFW material on Fanvue. Jasunas speculated that Skye might be AI-generated, given the uniformly positive feedback. After reporting the video to Meta, the company responded that it did not breach guidelines since Skye was not impersonating Jasunas. WIRED highlighted eight comedians whose material was also replicated by AI-generated women. While Instagram bans impersonation, it does not restrict content duplication. Comedian Mandy Martino advocates for creator protection. Since June, comics like Steph Clark have been tracking these instances. On October 3, George Brett Olson noted a similar joke by Tiffany Sloane, who later deleted her video, stating, "sorry, won't happen again." Meta chose not to comment further.