Jennifer Ann Crecente, a high school girl murdered in 2006, recently reappeared as a chatbot on Character.ai.
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.
Drew CrecenteThe website also listed Jennifer Ann as an "expert in journalism" with expertise in video game news.
"This is not quite impersonation in the sense that it seems transparent that it is an AI model," Conitzer said of the chatbot mimicking Jennifer Ann.
Persons:
Jennifer Ann Crecente, —, Drew Crecente, Jennifer Ann, Crecente, she'd, I've, he'd, Jennifer Ann's, Brian, Brian Crecente, Character.ai, y3gvAYyHVY, Jennifer Ann chatbot, he's, they're, Cassie Lawrence, Vincent Conitzer, Conitzer, Sue Morris, Dana, they've, Morris, Noam Shazeer, Daniel De Freitas, Shazeer, De Freitas, Winni Wintermeyer, Elon Musk, Nicki Minaj, Ryan Gosling, Andreessen Horowitz, Dominic Perella
Organizations:
Service, Google, BI, Safety, Institute for, Oxford University, Farber Cancer Institute, Washington, Financial Times, Business
Locations:
Character.ai, Austin, San Francisco, Character.AI, Boston