Ioan Gruffudd in AI warning after fan claimed they had been in year-long affair

Hollywood actor Ioan Gruffudd has warned fans of "explicit and disturbing" AI-generated content impersonating him online.The 53-year-old star, from near Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, urged his followers not to send money to people using images and videos of his likeness, after the content was brought to his attention."A woman came to a convention I was recently attending and she was under the impression that she was in an extramarital relationship with me for over a year," he said in an Instagram post."She showed me hundreds of AI images and videos that someone claiming to be me had sent to her. The images were explicit and disturbing."The actor said the woman had been targeted through a Facebook page dedicated to crime drama Elsbeth, in which Gruffudd played a musician named Angus.Gruffudd, who rose to fame in the long-running Hornblower TV series, said a person behind the Facebook page had sent the woman "a cell number, and asked her to communicate via Telegram", an instant messaging app."'They began sending AI images and videos to 'prove' that it was me," Gruffudd added.He said that if anyone believes they are speaking with him via social media pages that are not his official channels then "this is not me"."I will never give out my cell number to anyone that I don't personally know."Please do not engage and never send money! I urge you to ignore and block all contact from anyone that claims to be me."Lastly, if you have been targeted by this person, please report them and their number to the police for investigation. I have done the same."