AI chatbots offer comfort to bereaved

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 08, 2023 10:42 am

STAYING in touch with a loved one after their death is the promise of several start-ups using the powers of artificial intelligence, though not without raising ethical questions.

Ryu Sun-yun sits in front of a microphone and a giant screen, where her husband, who died a few months earlier, appears.

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