Popular Science · 9 Oct 2026
A teen used AI to plan a hiking route. It trapped him on a cliff.
Published Oct 9, 2026 2:43 PM EDT A teenage hiker in Canada recently became another cautionary tale about the perils of overtrusting artificial intelligence. After relying on an AI-generated route to ascend Crown Mountain in British Columbia, the 16-year-old found himself stranded on a steep cliffsi
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