Grieving boyfriend uses chatbot to emulate dead girlfriend’s texts
The IndependentStay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Joshua Barbeau revealed to The San Francisco Chronicle that he used Project December, an artificial intelligence system, to emulate messages from his late partner. To access the system, Mr Barbeau inputted some background information along with Ms Pereira’s old Facebook and text messages after paying $5 for an account, the newspaper said. Mr Barbeau had conversations with the bot, which insisted it was “the girl that you are madly in love with!” “Intellectually, I know it’s not really Jessica,” Mr Barbeau told The Chronicle. He said: “Sometimes when you pull on them the right way, they get unknotted.” The technology used was designed by OpenAI, a San Francisco research group co-founded by Elon Musk, but has largely been kept away from commercial use due to “safety concerns”.
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