- A gun safety group uses AI to recreate voices of children killed in school shootings for calls urging action.
- The deepfakes aimed at lawmakers mark a milestone in AI capabilities.
- AI reconnections across mortality barriers will reshape grief and advocacy.
A new gun safety campaign is stirring emotions by using AI to recreate the voices of children killed in school shootings.
The calls, starting on the Parkland tragedy’s 6-year mark, come from “The Shotline” – a website that lets people direct an automated message to their representative.
Created by ElevenLabs, the audio deepfakes required only seconds of found footage to clone vocal patterns.
The goal is raising awareness and pushing lawmakers by making the issue vividly personal, but it also marks a milestone in AI capabilities.
Can AI reshape grief and advocacy?
Participating parents say the resurrected voices capture their children’s essence to cement legacies and prevent more violence. Yet the technology raises ethical questions around consent and potential misuse. Guidelines for posthumous likenesses will likely expand as AI generates increasingly realistic recreations.
The Shotline represents grieving families trying to drive impact on a heartbreaking issue. The project underscores how AI will continually reshape how we connect across barriers of mortality.
