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What are AI ‘Griefbots’?
6 minutes Posted Sep 26, 2025 at 2:25 pm.
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AI griefbots are personas made to fill in for a deceased individual. They can be used to help people grief a loved one’s death, by talking to an AI program pretending to be them.

So, how do they exactly work, and are they effective?

Justin Harrison, tech entrepreneur and Founder of You, Only Virtual, joins Seán to discuss.