About that viral AI-powered sex doll story

For those who have not seen it: I'm not going to link it, and I'm not going to describe it. Essentially an American said that he had purchased a Chinese AI-powered sex doll that he could call in order to get her to say things that he wanted to hear her say.<br><br>It got picked up by a bunch of media outlets as a real thing, including CNN and the New York Times. I'd say that it was possible that it was fake, and people latched onto that as if I was claiming that it was certain that it was fake.<br><br>Well, from what I have heard, it was confirmed to be fake this late morning. She was claiming that the doll had a hard drive, WiFi, and etc, even though third-party reports said that she didn't have any of those features. And now, according to someone who I cannot name because they are not in the public eye and they don't want their information out there, she was exposed as a liar when she was caught purchasing a $350 speech device and saying that it was from the doll.<br><br>Not hard to believe. This is the era where the people who are said to be the most educated of all time think that a bunch of numbers on a screen can be used as currency, after all.