{"id":70324,"date":"2024-01-22T14:01:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T14:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/22\/russell-crowe-warns-fans-over-shonky-ai-ads\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T14:01:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T14:01:29","slug":"russell-crowe-warns-fans-over-shonky-ai-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/22\/russell-crowe-warns-fans-over-shonky-ai-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Crowe warns fans over &#8216;shonky&#8217; AI ads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2024-01-22\" datetime=\"1705932089\" pubdate=\"\">22 January 2024<\/time>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/russell-crowe\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,russell-crowe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russell Crowe<\/a> has warned fans not to be duped by &#8220;fake&#8221; AI adverts featuring his likeness.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Russell Crowe is fuming over an advert which features an AI version of him promoting a property company<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Gladiator&#8217; star has hit out after stumbling across a video which appears to show him promoting a real estate firm in Malta &#8211; with the actor insisting the commercial is using &#8220;shonky&#8221; AI to make it looks as if he is endorsing the business. <\/p>\n<p>He has now posted a warned on X &#8211; formerly known as Twitter &#8211; telling his followers not to be fooled. Crowe wrote: &#8220;This is going around in Malta. It is obviously fake BS, don\u2019t fall for it. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What else is obvious is that this service\/business must be shonky and underhanded to resort to this way of promoting itself. Block, report, ignore. I\u2019ve never used this service and I do not endorse this BS.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the video, the fake Crowe is seen talking about the property company&#8217;s new app, saying: &#8220;Ladies and gentlemen, I&#8217;m excited to share some fantastic news with you, especially for those of you in Malta or anyone considering a move to this beautiful island.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I recently discovered an incredible tool that has made my house-hunting experience truly seamless and enjoyable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nThe real Crowe has strong ties to Malta after working there many times over years &#8211; even filming scenes for &#8216;Gladiator&#8217; on the island &#8211; and the actor previously hinted he might consider applying for Maltese citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>\nAccording to The Times of Malta, he said last year: &#8220;There have been discussions on citizenship &#8230; I feel like an uncle here &#8230; The only reason I speak so positively about Malta is because \u2026 it is a fantastic place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nIt comes after Crowe recently admitted he&#8217;s considering retiring from public life after he turns 60 in April. <\/p>\n<p>\nThe actor insisted his life will go in one of two different directions &#8211; he will either emulate his longtime friend and collaborator Sir Ridley Scott by working into his 80s or he will step away from Hollywood completely and never be heard of again. <\/p>\n<p>\nSpeaking at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic, Crowe explained: &#8220;You are standing in front of the mirror, and go: \u2018Who the f*** is that?\u2019 I am in that period now. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I will take Ridley Scott as my role model: he is still discovering new things in his work. Or I will just stop and you will never hear from me again. I haven\u2019t decided what it\u2019s going to be. These are two very valid choices.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/russell-crowe-warns-fans-shonky-ads-1393230.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>22 January 2024 Russell Crowe has warned fans not to be duped by &#8220;fake&#8221; AI adverts featuring his likeness. Russell Crowe is fuming over an advert which features an AI version of him promoting a property company The &#8216;Gladiator&#8217; star has hit out after stumbling across a video which appears to show him promoting a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3404,3403],"class_list":{"0":"post-70324","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","8":"tag-russell-crowe","9":"tag-sir-ridley-scott"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}