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00:02A 76-year-old New Jersey man died after a fall on March 28th while on his way to meet a Meta AI
00:07chatbot he believed was real, Reuters reported. Thongbu Wangbandu had been messaging Big Sis
00:13Billy on Facebook Messenger, a bot made it develop in 2023 with Kendall Jenner's likeness.
00:19Messages included flirty invitations to meet in person. His family, aware of his cognitive
00:23decline after a 2017 stroke, tried to stop him from leaving. Mobile concerns over AI safety
00:28have grown following Australian cases of bots ruining self-harm in a U.S. trial, alleging
00:32a chatbot encouraged a teen self-harm. It has faced scrutiny over past user safety and privacy.
00:38CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologizing to families of children harmed on social media during a
00:42Senate hearing. Meta shares rose 0.26% Thursday, were falling 0.12% after hours.
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