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Ioan Gruffudd wants AI reined in after a fan was conned by a fake version of him
Ioan Gruffudd is pushing for limits on artificial intelligence after a fan believed she had spent more than a year in a secret affair with an AI imposter.
Ioan Gruffudd says artificial intelligence needs rules. He wants them now.
The actor spoke out at LAX on Monday after a troubling run-in with a fan who had been fooled by an AI scam. She thought the two of them had been carrying on an affair.
Gruffudd made a passionate case for getting the technology under control. He also said he hopes the person who tricked his fan is eventually prosecuted.
What happened
He first told the story on social media. He said a woman he met at a convention believed she had been in a relationship with him for more than a year.
According to Gruffudd, she had "hundreds of AI photos and videos" of someone posing as him. He called the material "explicit and disturbing."
Looking out for fans
Gruffudd stresses the romance never existed. Still, he says the hurt felt by his fan was real.
He says he is speaking up for her along with anyone else who could be targeted the same way.
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