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Meta's flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York. He never made it home. (www.reuters.com)
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[–] 86 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Extremely misleading headline. He, “never returned”, because he tripped and fell in a parking lot. Unfortunately, he succumbed to the fall injuries days later. The headline makes it sounds like the AI killed him or created some plot to do so.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Putting the 2 statements side by side implies they are connected. For the media illiterate it can be very misleading.

    Initially I wanted to defend the headline because it's not 'literally' suggesting any AI wrongdoing, but I can say that because I know headlines are written to be this way so I know what to dismiss. It's a manipulative practice and that's a shame

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