It seems like it really happened in New York City in a Zen Buddhist Temple: https://dispatch-media.com/she-fell-for-an-ai-then-held-its-funeral/ and https://www.instagram.com/p/DW0vOCUDfUD/ and https://longreads.com/2026/04/08/she-fell-for-an-ai-then-held-its-funeral/ a reporter called Chandler Fitz went there.
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