MOSCOW --- Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared briefly lost for words on Thursday when confronted with an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated version of himself. The "double" took the opportunity to put a question to Putin about AI during an annual news conference where dozens of callers from around the country were hooked up to the president by video link. "Vladimir Vladimirovich, hello, I am a student at St. Petersburg state university. I want to ask, is it true you have a lot of doubles?" the double asked, prompting laughter among the audience in the hall with Putin in Moscow. "And also: How do you view the dangers that artificial intelligence and neura...Keep on reading: Putin confronts his AI ‘double’