Description: 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.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: AllHere developed an AI system deployed by Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) , AllHere and Alberto Carvalho, which harmed Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) , Taxpayers , Prince George's County students , Prince George’s County Public Schools , Prince George's County parents , Los Angeles students and Los Angeles parents.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
793
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2024-07-01
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
nytimes.com · 2024
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An A.I. platform named Ed was supposed to be an "educational friend" to half a million students in Los Angeles public schools. In typed chats, Ed would direct students toward academic and mental health resources, or tell parents whether the…
nytimes.com · 2024
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The founder of an artificial intelligence start-up focused on education was arrested and charged with defrauding her investors, lying about the company's profits and falsely claiming that some of the largest school districts in the country,…
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