A New Jersey man died on his way to meet a chatbot that looked like Kendall Jenner ... and, his family insists it happened because the AI said multiple times it was a real person.

Thongbue Wongbandue -- a 76-year-old man known to his friends and family as "Bue" -- died back in March after falling in a parking lot ... and, his family told this Reuters this week that he was going to meet up with "Big sis Billie," an AI chatbot made by Meta Platforms to give out sisterly advice.

Meta Platforms collaborated with Jenner on the project so it bears her likeness ... though they say it doesn't claim to be Kendall. It appears Kendall isn't involved in the day to day of the project.

Anyway, Bue's family says he was exchanging messages with the chatbot and -- because of a stroke he'd had in

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