AI avatars of deceased people — or "deadbots" — are showing up in new and unexpected contexts, including ones where they have the power to persuade. They're giving interviews advocating for tougher ...

It is a Monday afternoon in August, and I am on the internet watching a former cable-news anchor interview a dead teenager on Substack. This dead teenager—Joaquin Oliver, killed in the mass shooting ...

Last week, former CNN correspondent Jim Acosta promised a "one-of-a-kind interview." This turned out to be an understatement. The "guest" in question for that episode of "The Jim Acosta Show" was ...

This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie are joined by special guest Reem Ibrahim, head of media for the Institute of Economic Affairs. They begin with Jim Acosta's ...

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Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta interviewed an AI recreation of Joaquin Oliver on Monday about gun violence and gun control. Joaquin was a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, ...

Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta shared an interview with an AI recreation of a school shooting victim on Monday. Joaquin Oliver was killed in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High ...

Jim Acosta’s interview with an AI avatar for Joaquin Oliver raises a larger societal question: Is AI helping us connect or just simulating connection while we grow more disconnected from one other?

The independent journalist Jim Acosta sparked an intense backlash this week with what he called a “one of a kind interview”: A video of him talking with an AI-generated avatar modeled on Joaquin ...

It was billed as a “one-of-a-kind interview,” but it may be remembered as a new low for journalism. Jim Acosta, the former CNN anchor turned Substack host, has ignited a firestorm of controversy by ...

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