The head of an education technology startup that created a highly touted chatbot for the Los Angeles school system has been arrested and charged with fraud. Smith-Griffin, 33, is the founder and former chief executive of AllHere, the Boston-based company that created “Ed,” an artificial-intelligence tool billed as revolutionary for students’ education and the interaction between the L.A. Unified School …
Los Angeles Unified Supt. One parent said he found personal information about his daughter online and questioned the district’s management of private data — although the district denies any connection between leaked data and the AI project or Boston-based AllHere, the company that designed the chatbot. Carvalho has touted the chatbot, named “Ed,” as able to answer school-related questions from …
Joanna Smith-Griffin, in center wearing a blue suit, is the founder and then-CEO of AllHere Education, which created the AI chatbot “Ed.” AllHere has furloughed most of its employees, prompting LAUSD to shelve the bot. “I am the Chief Technology Officer here at AllHere and the architect of Ed and I have remained on with a very small team, primarily …
