CNN
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Tom Hanks is issuing a warning to his followers on social media to be weary of ads utilizing his likeness that he says have been created “fraudulently and thru AI.”
“There are a number of advertisements over the web falsely utilizing my title, likeness, and voice selling miracle cures and surprise medicine,” Hanks wrote on his Instagram web page Thursday. “These advertisements have been created with out my consent, fraudulently and thru AI.”
He added that he has “nothing to do with these posts or the merchandise and coverings, or the spokespeople touting these cures.”
Hanks, who has openly talked about dwelling with kind 2 diabetes, acknowledged that he solely works “with my board licensed physician relating to my therapy.”
“Don’t be fooled. Don’t be swindled. Don’t lose your hard-earned cash,” he wrote.
Hanks is amongst many celebrities, together with Drake, The Weeknd and Taylor Swift, to call just a few, whose title and likeness have been falsely utilized in AI-generated photographs, songs, political endorsements or ads posted on-line.
A number of state and federal legislators have lately launched or pushed for expanded protections in opposition to the misuse of particular person identities within the digital period.
The state of Tennessee lately enacted a legislation aimed toward defending individuals from unauthorized use of content material that mimics their picture or voice known as The Making certain Likeness Voice and Picture Safety Act, or ELVIS Act, which went into impact final month.