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."