SINGAPORE, July 11 -- A Singapore man who claimed his wife left him hungry, broke and physically weakened lost his bid for a protection order after a judge found his story did not quite add up - and then gave him a lesson in using artificial intelligence responsibly.

The husband had accused his wife of emotional and psychological abuse, claiming she controlled his life for more than a decade and reduced him to a "pathetic and destitute state".

But Magistrate Soh Kian Peng was not convinced, pointing to evidence that painted a different picture, including the husband's own testimony that he could carry three 5kg bags of flour home over 1.2km, The Straits Times reported today.

"If he was indeed destitute, and left in such a state where h...