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Jewish News 24 · Aug 15, 2026

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A trail left on an AI chatbot helped Israeli investigators piece together the movements of a mother and daughter who had deliberately disappeared and traveled thousands of miles to South America, according to Hebrew media reports. Mali and Liel Yahalomi were found alive Friday aboard a bus in Buenos Aires, Argentina, nearly a week after they disappeared in Vienna. According to reports cited by The Times of Israel, the two had been planning their departure for about a month and used Google's Gemini chatbot to ask how they could relocate without being traced. Investigators later obtained their chatbot history, which reportedly provided important clues.

A trail left on an AI chatbot helped Israeli investigators piece together the movements of a mother and daughter who had deliberately disappeared and traveled thousands of miles to South America, according to Hebrew media reports. Mali and Liel Yahalomi were found alive Friday aboard a bus in Buenos Aires, Argentina, nearly a week after they disappeared in Vienna. According to reports cited by The Times of Israel, the two had been planning their departure for about a month and used Google's Gemini chatbot to ask how they could relocate without being traced. Investigators later obtained their chatbot history, which reportedly provided important clues.

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