Brazilian man sells all, travels 1,200 miles to marry online girlfriend, discovers she was AI-generated

Brazilian man Edimar Martins travelled over 1,200 miles to meet his AI-generated girlfriend. (Photo: Instagram) A Brazilian man who sold all his belongings and travelled more than 1,200 miles to meet the woman he hoped to marry was left heartbroken after discovering that his online girlfriend was an artificial intelligence-generated character.Edimar Martins, 49, a bricklayer from Maranhao in northeastern Brazil, told local broadcaster TV Mirante that he first came across a social media profile featuring a woman named Jessica Oliveira in 2020. Believing she was real, Martins eventually decided to travel to meet the woman he had fallen for online.Brazilian man sells everything to meet his AI girlfriendAccording to Martins, he sold his personal belongings on October 9 to pay for a bus journey to Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil. He arrived in the city on October 11, hoping to finally meet the woman he believed could be his life partner.“I sold all my things, I got rid of everything,” Martins said, reflecting on the sacrifices he had made for the journey. “That’s how you get discouraged, who wouldn’t get discouraged?”However, his hopes were shattered w...