Tech Innovations in AI: Reviving a Murdered Girl as a Chatbot
Tech Innovations in AI: Reviving a Murdered Girl as a Chatbot
Drew Crecente woke at 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday to find a Google Alert on his phone about his daughter. It had been 18 years since Jennifer Ann, a high school senior and Crecente's only child, was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in Austin. Grieving, Crecente had started a nonprofit in her name, working since 2006 to raise awareness for teenage dating violence. But Crecente now learned she'd reappeared online, this time as an artificial intelligence chatbot on Character.ai, run by a San Francisco-based startup that struck a $2.7 billion deal with Google in August. A wave of emotions struck Crecente — fury, confusion, and disgust all at once, he told Business Insider.
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