Grieving people prefer AI bots that speak as dead loved ones, study suggests

A new study from the University of Colorado Boulder examined how people emotionally engage with "generative ghosts" — AI chatbots trained to simulate deceased loved ones. The study found that users generally preferred bots that spoke as the deceased in the first person ("reincarnation") over those that merely described them ("representation"), despite acknowledging the risk of becoming too attached.SEE ALSO:'Use a gun': AI chatbots help people plan violence, report says
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