IEThe Irish Times
Talking to a bot about a damage deposit felt dystopian and creepy
I resented the pretence of dealing with a human before our trip, and it spoke after as if it were a friend
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- #491
- First seen
- 19 Aug 2026, 09:10 UTC
- Last checked
- 19 Aug 2026, 13:46 UTC
- Version history
- 1 version
- Current fingerprint
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Publisher layer
Recorded article metadata
- Publisher
- The Irish Times
- Country
- Ireland
- Source published
- 19 Aug 2026, 06:00 UTC
- Source updated
- No update timestamp supplied
- Byline
- Seán Moncrieff
- Section
- Not supplied
Source-supplied excerpt
I resented the pretence of dealing with a human before our trip, and it spoke after as if it were a friend
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Talking to a bot about a damage deposit felt dystopian and creepy
I resented the pretence of dealing with a human before our trip, and it spoke after as if it were a friend
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- Capture ID
- #7
- Observed
- 19 Aug 2026, 09:10 UTC
- HTTP result
- 200 / parsed
- Raw payload
- 575,095 bytes, private gzip evidence
- Collector
- news-ledger/0.1
- Public boundary
- metadata and excerpt