Chinese mourners turn to AI to remember and ‘revive’ loved ones

Growing interest in services that create digital clones of the dead as millions visit graves this week for tomb-sweeping festival

As millions of people across China travel to the graves of their ancestors to pay their respects for the annual tomb-sweeping festival, a new way of remembering, and reviving, their beloved relatives is being born.

For as little as 20 yuan (£2.20), Chinese netizens can create a moving digital avatar of their loved one, according to some services advertised online. …

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