(ABC 6 News) — Rochester Public Schools is stepping into the future to help voters learn more about this November’s Ignite referendum.

RPS will be using an AI chatbot made by a district parent who happens to be CEO of a global technology company based in Rochester.

The chatbot called “Vote Smart RPS” debuted at Tuesday night’s school board meeting.

The services were offered free of charge to help voters look into the Ignite Student Learning referendum before the November 5 election.

Mani Thavasi, the parent who created the tool, said he was overwhelmed by the details of the referendum, so he made the chat bot to make it easier to understand.

“We have a capability that we want to bring to the discussion, and help our community members to help understand the referendum in a much easier, simpler, clearer transparent way,” Thavasi said.

A link to the chatbot can be found here.