A much vaunted AI chatbot — custom designed to help students thrive academically and parents navigate the complexities of Los Angeles public schools — has been turned off after the company that created it furloughed 'the vast majority' of its staff. The school district said it dropped its dealings with AllHere, the company that created “Ed,” the sun-shaped chatbot, after 'we were notified of their financial collapse.
'It is true that Joanna Smith-Griffin is no longer the CEO at AllHere and, on June 14th, we did have to furlough the vast majority of our employees due to our current financial situation,' Jackson wrote in an email. 'Having said that,' Jackson continued.