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Hiker, 16, Is Rescued From ‘Widowmaker’ Ledge After Using Chatbot to Plan Route

Published by New York Times World By Michael Levenson · 7 October 2026 at 22:12
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Bryce Vincent Gowryluk used Claude, Anthropic’s A.I. chatbot, to help him chart a course for the top of Crown Mountain, north of Vancouver, British Columbia. Things did not go as planned.

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