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Dead man's AI replica speaks to shooter in court: 'We probably could have been friends'
Chris Pelkey, 37, was fatally shot in November 2021 during a road rage incident in Chandler, Arizona. On May 1, his AI ...
AI Is Not Your Friend
Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration. Listen to more stories on the Noa app. OpenAI’s ...
Sam Altman doesn't want his son to grow up with an AI best friend
"I do not," Sam Altman replied when asked if he'd want his son's best friend to be an AI chatbot.
Mark Zuckerberg says people can fill the need for friends with AI, but ‘there is no replacement' for human relationships, psychologist says
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently said AI could fill the need for human relationships. That’s “definitely not supported by ...
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AI ‘friends’ a threat to lonely people, KU expert says
Can artificial intelligence supplant friendship by providing quality communication? No, argues Jeffrey Hall: "It may taste like friendship, but it lacks the fundamental ingredients." ...
Parmy Olson: AI chatbots want you hooked — maybe too hooked
The problem remains these systems are by definition manipulative, because they’re supposed to make you feel like you’re ...
Mark Zuckerberg is right about loneliness but his solution is flat out dangerous
The human experience is messy, not sanitized. Creating the illusion of a long-term perfect friendship or romantic ...
AI-generated video gave victim a voice at his killer's sentencing in Arizona
CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — There were dozens of statements submitted to the court by family and friends of Christopher Pelkey ...
Murder victim 'speaks' beyond the grave in AI generated video at sentencing
The family of an Arizona man killed in a road rage incident nearly four years ago brought him back last week as an ...
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Mark Zuckerberg bets on “AI friends” to solve the loneliness crisis
With the rise of technology usage in recent years, loneliness levels are skyrocketing around the world. And what is Mark ...
Shooting Victim Forgives Killer in Touching, First-Of-Its-Kind AI Video
An American man who was killed in a road-rage shooting in Chandler, Arizona, in 2021, has been digitally brought to life ...
He was killed in a road rage incident. His family used AI to bring him to the courtroom to address his killer
Stacey Wales spent two years working on the victim impact statement she planned to give in court after her brother was shot to death in a 2021 road rage incident. But even after all that time, Wales ...