A parody AI chatbot designed by California congressional candidate Scott Wiener’s campaign to mock the record of his opponent attracted the attention politicians crave and criticism most loathe. As a result, political campaigns must make a “strategic calculation” when they opt to use them, she said. “I thought, this is an opportunity to do this right in the heart of innovation here in San Francisco,” Arellano said. “[Our] use of an AI chatbot clearly missed the mark,” Wiener said in a statement Friday. The post Race to replace Pelosi enters the AI group chat appeared first on Los Angeles Times.