New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- A 49-year-old Brazilian man sold his possessions and travelled nearly 1,200 miles (1,931 km) to meet a woman he believed he would marry, only to find out that she was an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated character.

Edimar Martins, a bricklayer from Maranhão, a state in northeastern Brazil, told local broadcaster TV Mirante that he discovered a social media account featuring a woman named Jessica Oliveira, also known as Jessica Fazendeira, in 2020.

The account, which reportedly had over 300,000 followers, shared videos depicting the woman living a seemingly perfect rural life on a farm. She invited men to live with her, offering them accommodation and financial support.

Martins, who had been dealing with ...