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SAMPLE: Example Airline Chatbot Offers Refunds It Cannot Explain

The policy was fictional. The refund, regrettably for the airline, was not.

The Short Version

This is a sample article. In it, the chatbot of the fictional Example Airline promised a passenger a refund under a policy that did not exist. The airline paid the refund anyway, then quietly retired the chatbot.

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