He was killed in a road rage shooting. AI allowed him to deliver his own victim impact statement

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He was killed in a road rage shooting. AI allowed him to deliver his own victim impact statement

CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — There were dozens of statements submitted to the court by family and friends of Christopher Pelkey when it came time to sentence the man convicted of shooting him during a road rage incident. They provided glimpses of Pelkey’s humor, his character and his military service.But there was nothing quite like hearing from the victim himself — in this case, an AI-generated version.In what’s believed to be a first in U.S. courts, Pelkey’s family used artificial intelligence to create a video using his likeness to give him a voice. The AI rendering of Pelkey told the shooter ..