{
  "id": 15585533,
  "title": "49-Year-Old Brazilian Man Sold Everything To Meet His Online Love, Then Discovered She Was An AI Avatar",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/49-year-old-brazilian-man-sold-everything-to-meet-his-online-love",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-19T08:31:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/tech/49-year-old-brazilian-man-sold-everything-to-meet-his-online-love-then-discovered-she-was-an-ai-avatar"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Brazilian bricklayer travelled more than 2,000 km across the country after an online woman promised him love, a home and financial support, only to learn on arrival that she never existed. The woman, known online as 'Jessica Fazendeira', was an AI-generated character. The journey Edimar Rocha Martins, 49, left Imperatriz in the northeastern state of Maranhao on October 9 and arrived in Belo…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Brazilian man sells everything to meet online girlfriend, discovers she was AI",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/brazilian-man-sells-everything-to-meet-online-girlfriend-discovers",
        "published": "2026-10-18T13:50:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Brazilian man sells belongings to meet 'girlfriend,' discovers AI deception",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/brazilian-man-sells-belongings-to-meet-girlfriend-discovers-ai",
        "published": "2026-10-18T18:03:19.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}