Meta Platforms Overrun by AI-Generated Fake Doctors Selling Dubious Supplements

Executive Briefing

• Reveals hundreds of AI avatar ads posing as doctors and health gurus on Facebook and Instagram to sell supplements
• Shows one product, Sculptique, falsely claims its herbal supplement treats kidney disease better than medication
• Documents a recalled supplement tied to salmonella contamination that was still being marketed via AI ads on Facebook
• Exposes a Chinese company producing 1,200 AI health videos daily at $10 each, deliberately styled to appear American
• Notes these ads would be illegal on US television but exploit looser social media enforcement rules
• Warns elderly users are primary targets, with many unable to distinguish AI-generated content from real people