Microsoft patents tech to let you talk to dead people as chatbots
A Microsoft patent describes technology to create chatbots of specific people. The technology could be used to create chatbots of dead people, fictional characters, and relatives. Similar technology has appeared in media, such as Black Mirror. In one of the more bizarre stories that we'll cover this week, a Microsoft Patent recently emerged for technology that could be used to create chatbots of dead people (via The Independent). The technology would use content such as "images, voice data, social media posts, [and] electronic messages" to create a chatbot that simulates a specific person. Th...