China is using AI to raise the dead, and give people one last chance to say goodbye In China, stories of griefbots are emerging as the world fixates on generative AI like ChatGPT. Yves Dean/Getty Images The rise of generative AI in China has led to people try to recreate their loved ones with the tech. Using old photos, recordings, and messages, they're training chat programs to imitate the dead. The tech has been around for a while, but experts told Insider it can pose serious ethical issues. In 2020, a young Chinese software engineer in Hangzhou chanced upon an...