‘I Died That Day’—AI Brings Back Voices of Children Killed in Shootings

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• ‘I Died That Day’—AI Brings Back Voices of Children Killed in Shootings

"Grieving parents made these audio deepfakes to stir the emotions of lawmakers. 

But they also mark a new era for artificial intelligence.

• He Was Killed in a School Shooting. Now AI Has Him Speaking Again.

Joaquin Oliver was killed in the Parkland school shooting. Now with AI, the 17-year-old’s voice can be heard again. WSJ’s Joanna Stern sat down with Joaquin’s parents to find out how and why they are preserving their son’s legacy this way.
PARKLAND, Fla.—Lawmakers are starting to get calls from a surprising group of kids—dead ones.

• Uzi Garcia: “I’m a fourth-grader at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Or at least I was, when a man with an AR-15 came into my school and killed 18 of my classmates, two teachers and me.”

Some will call it creepy. Others will say it’s world changing. 

Both are probably right.