Jim Acosta blasted on social media after 'interviewing' AI avatar of Parkland shooting victim

Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta was slammed on social media after he posted a clip of his "interview" with an artificially animated avatar of deceased teenager Joaquin Oliver to promote a gun control message on Monday.

Working with the gun control group Change the Ref, founded by Oliver's parents, Acosta had a conversation on his Substack with an avatar created by the father of the son, who was killed in the Parkland high school shooting in 2018. Oliver would have turned 25 on Monday.

Social media users were shocked by Acosta's "grotesque" interview and slammed the journalist for using the deceased teen's avatar for political content.

"You’re interviewing an AI recreation of a person who was murdered by a spree killer?" one Bluesky user questioned. "Wow. It’s hard to accept that no one around you suggested that this was probably in the worst possible taste."

Another Bluesky user slammed Acosta for promoting the conversation as a "one-of-a-kind...