A 67-year-old farmer in China's Anhui province reportedly lost almost 25 acres of sesame after following pesticide advice generated by an AI app. The farmer had been using the technology for more than a year and had grown confident in its recommendations for farming decisions.

AI is useful, but you should never blindly trust it.

The 67-year-old farmer was recommended by the AI to use high-efficiency flupyrimethalin and flusulfasulfaether to kill weeds and mix it with thiamethoxazine and methyl salt. As…