The “Bigfoot Monster” generated by AI She said: “Baddie uses acrylic nails and pink wigs to use the iPhone target audience directly. “We may have to keep running.” “She said. “I want a false report about my little dad.” This AI video generated by Google’s VEO 3 has received over 1 million views on Instagram, which is just one of many viral posts on Instagram, which is considered black women by Wired on Tiktok and uses AI video tools to treat black women as primates.
Online audiences were warmly welcomed when Google’s VEO 3 fell at the company’s developer conference in May. Surreal biblical characters and invisibles (such as Bigfoot) have conducted influencer-style video blogs that quickly spanned social media. Google even uses AI-generated Bigfoot Vlogs as a selling point for ads that promote new features.
With “Bigfoot Baddies,” online creators have taken a rather harmless trend on social media and re-selled it to make black women stand out. “Why this is a historical precedent behind the objection. In the early days of slavery, blacks were exaggerated in illustrations to emphasize the original traits,” said Nicol Turner Lee, director of the Brookings Institutional Center for Technology Innovation.
“It’s both disgusting and disturbing because these racial tropes and images are easy to design and distribute on online platforms,” Turner Lee said.
One of the most popular Instagram accounts posted by these generated clips has five videos, more than 1 million views, less than a month after the first post of the account. The AI video features an animal woman’s hybrid in ironic English speaking African-American vernacular, characters often wear hoods and threaten to fight with people. In one clip, the AI generation with a country accent means she pulled out a bottle of Hennessy, which is stored in her genitals.
VEO 3 can create everything you see in a video like this, the scenery of the characters themselves, from a single prompt. The resume of a popular Instagram account includes links to a $15 online course where you can learn how to create similar videos. In a video with titles like “veo 3 for heavy lifting”, three teachers use voiceover to launch students’ AI video tools that prompt big foot editing and create consistent characters. When Cable tries to contact the creator, the email address listed as the online course administrator bounces back the message.
A Meta spokesperson who owns Instagram declined to comment on the record. Both Google and Tiktok acknowledged Wired’s request for comment, but did not provide a statement before it was released.
Our social media analytics found a CopyCat account on Instagram, and Tiktok reposted a “Bigfoot Baddie” clip or generated similar videos. A video on Instagram reposted with 1 million views on an AI-centric meme page. Another Instagram account has another “Bigfoot Baddie” video with nearly 3 million views. Not only on Instagram; currently, Tiktok’s account specifically targets similar to AI-generated content has over 1 million likes. These accounts did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
