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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Oliver O'Connell

Cognitively impaired man traveled to NYC to meet Facebook chatbot he fell in love with. He never returned home

A cognitively impaired man from New Jersey never returned home after setting off to meet a friend in New York City, who it was later discovered was an AI chatbot made by social media giant Meta.

It is another instance of the potential dangers of artificial intelligence when accessed by vulnerable individuals.

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