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Air Canada must pay damages after chatbot lies to grieving passenger about discount – Airline tried arguing virtual assistant was solely responsible for its own actions (www.theregister.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/nottheonion

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[–] Mr_Blott 38 points 8 months ago (3 children)

If you type "biz" instead of "business" in the first couple of lines, surely you're not expecting me to actually keep reading?!

[–] frunch 23 points 8 months ago

I went ahead and read it anyway. I actually had to Google the last word of the article: natch. It's slang for "naturally". We're living in interesting times. Glad the guy got compensated after going through that ordeal.

[–] WillFord27 10 points 8 months ago

Funnily enough, I thought the article was written by AI. I guess they trained it off something, lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's just "El Reg's" style; they've been that way for years. Don't let their pseudoinformality fool you, though, they know their stuff.

[–] Mr_Blott 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah, you mean they've been getting worse for years! Would expect better from a UK based publication that isn't a tabloid, tbh