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AllHere's Chatbot 'Ed' Fails and Costs Los Angeles Unified School District $6 Million
2024-07-01
The Los Angeles Unified School District's $6 million investment in developing an AI chatbot "Ed," which was designed to provide academic and mental health support to students, failed when the contracted start-up, AllHere, collapsed due to financial difficulties. AllHere's collapse also affected other school district clients, such as Prince George’s County in Maryland. Joanna Smith-Griffin, the founder of AllHere, is reported to have been fired in June 2024. On November 19th, 2024, she was arrested and charged with multiple counts of fraud.
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