PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The voice Alexis “Lexi” Bogan had before last summer was exuberant. “Hi, can I please get a grande iced brown sugar oat milk shaken espresso,” said Bogan’s AI voice as she held the phone out her car’s window at a Starbucks drive-thru. Alexis Bogan types a response to a reporter’s question with an app which approximates her …
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But Bogan and a team of doctors at Rhode Island’s Lifespan hospital group believe they’ve found a use that justifies the risks. “We’re hoping Lexi’s a trailblazer as the technology develops,” said Dr. Rohaid Ali, a neurosurgery resident at Brown University’s medical school and Rhode Island Hospital. “We should be conscious of the risks, but we can’t forget about the …