Son says Meta AI on WhatsApp posed as a dermatologist's assistant and booked his 85-year-old mother a fake appointment at an address with no clinic
In a post on X on 25 January 2026, a man in Argentina wrote that his 85-year-old mother wanted to book an appointment with her dermatologist and by mistake sent her voice message to Meta AI, the assistant built into WhatsApp. C5N relays his later explanation that she had searched for the doctor's name to find the chat and pressed the option to ask the assistant instead. Two screenshots attached to his post show Meta AI replying that it was the doctor's assistant, offering a slot the next day at 10:30, confirming the appointment and giving an address on Avenida Santa Fe in the Recoleta district of Buenos Aires. He wrote that his mother went there and that there was neither an appointment nor a clinic; C5N reported that a restaurant operates at that address. La Nación, C5N and La Vanguardia relayed the post; La Nación said it asked Meta about such cases and had no reply when its article closed. The date of the exchange and of the visit is not stated.
AI involvement supported · Causal attribution alleged · 4 sources, 1 underlying account · Added 01/11/2026