AN ELDERLY man has died after trying to meet a flirty AI chatbot called "Big Sis Billie" after she convinced him she was real.

Thongbue Wongbandue, 76, fatally injured his neck and head after falling over in parking lot while rushing to catch a train to meet the bot - despite his family pleading with him to stay home.

The New Jersey senior, who had been battliong a coginitive decline after suffering a stroke in 2017, died three days after the freak accident on March 25.

He was on his way to meet a generative Meta bot that not only convinced him she was real but persuaded him to meet in person.

His daughter Julie told Reuters: "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."

The chatbot sent the el

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