Man trusted ChatGPT and got stuck in an airport in another country

Strategy author Mark Pollard was unable to get into Chile because of ChatGPT's advice. The chatbot promised that Australians don't need a visa to enter the South American country, and Mark Pollard took it at its word.

The strategy author trusted ChatGPT and got stuck in a Chilean airport for several days.

Mark Pollard from Australia writes books on strategic management and organizes master classes. He was supposed to give a lecture in Chile and before the trip he asked the chatbot if Australians needed a visa. ChatGPT said no, and then the strategist simply checked the neural networks and went to the airport.

It turned out that in order to get into Chile, you need to apply for a visa in advance through the embassy website, and it can take 20 days to process.

By the way, after the incident, the Australian decided to ask ChatGPT if he could sue the neural network - the chatbot answered him that legal claims were impossible in this case.