AI chatbots offer comfort to the bereaved

Thanks to generative AI, the technology is there to allow avatars of departed loved ones to say things they never said when they were alive. — Image by Freepik

NEW YORK: Staying in touch with a loved one after their death is the promise of several start-ups using the powers 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.