The killing of an American journalist and a teenager’s AI clone in a 2018 school shooting has sparked criticism.
Experts say this is the first time that the deceased’s AI avatar is used in this way.
BBC-verified Jake Horton has been talking to the 17-year-old Joaquin Oliver’s father and researching the ethical questions raised in the interview.
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