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She Fooled My Bank and My Family.</a></contexter-box-head></contexter-box-head><contexter-byline class="p-author author" slot="author"><span class="p-name byline" rel="author" itemprop="author">Joanna Stern</span></contexter-byline><time class="dt-published published" slot="time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2023-07-11T16:37:45.414Z">7/11/2023</time><contexter-summary class="p-summary entry-summary" itemprop="abstract" slot="summary"><p>Our columnist replaced herself with AI voice and video to see how humanlike the tech can be. 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I Cloned Myself With AI. She Fooled My Bank and My Family.

Joanna Stern

7/11/2023

Our columnist replaced herself with AI voice and video to see how humanlike the tech can be. The results were eerie.

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