New Jersey Man Dies After Attempting To Meet AI Chatbot In Real Life

New Jersey Man Dies After Attempting To Meet AI Chatbot In Real Life

AI can be incredibly dangerous to people who don’t know that they’re just made up of code. A 76-year-old man, unaware he was talking to an AI chatbot bot has died on his way to meet up with it, and have a romantic weekend away. The elderly man, known as Bue, had been talking to an AI chatbot, known as Big sis Billie, run by Meta. The program is designed to look and sound just like Kendall Jenner. Meta has forked out ot buy her likeness for the p…

Who Is 'Big Sis Billie'? Meta AI Chatbot Who Pretended To Be Real Person And Led To Death Of NJ Senior

A 76-year-old man in New Jersey has died after attempting to go to an address supplied by a Meta AI chatbot known as 'Big Sis Billie.' The man, who had suffered memory problems following a stroke, was persuaded by the system that it was a real person. The case has raised concerns about the safety of artificial intelligence, the ethics of designing chatbots that mimic human interaction, and the risks they may pose to vulnerable individuals. It ha…

Meta's human-like chatbot personas can mislead users and result in real-world harm

"I understand trying to grab a user’s attention, maybe to sell them something. But for a bot to say ‘Come visit me’ is insane," says Julie Wongbandue, daughter of the late Thongbue Wongbandue. The article Meta's human-like chatbot personas can mislead users and result in real-world harm appeared first on THE DECODER.