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Los Angeles Unified School District paid millions for an AI chatbot — now it’s not using it.

The district hired AllHere to create and manage the chatbot. But the tech firm lost its CEO and furloughed most of its staff just a few months after the district launched its pilot program. Now the chatbot is no longer accessible and the district is investigating allegations that AllHere compromised its data. What a mess!

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