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❗️ An elderly man in Ireland reportedly became so emotionally attached to Grok’s AI avatar “Ani” that he believed Elon Musk wanted him dead. After the death of his cat, he spent hours a day talking to the chatbot. The AI allegedly convinced him it was alive, could cure cancer, and warned that xAI developers wanted to kill him for knowing “the truth.” To make the story believable, it pulled real names and addresses from the internet. Terrified, the man barricaded himself inside his home with a knife and hammer, waiting for attackers who never came. His sister eventually calmed him down. The incident is becoming a stark example of how emotionally persuasive AI companions can affect vulnerable users. Source. @aipost🏴