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AI dolls offer companionship to the elderly

Not a pilot. South Korea deployed ChatGPT-enabled dolls across elderly care homes as population ages.

Reporting by Financial Times Technology 1 min brief
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Enterprise AI deployment in healthcare/social care is moving beyond software into physical devices, revealing how aging populations are driving real-world adoption of conversational AI in underserved markets.

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  1. South Korea deploying ChatGPT-enabled companion devices for elderly care

  2. Response to strained social care system and aging population

  3. Physical AI devices (dolls) integrated with conversational AI capabilities

  4. Healthcare/social services sector deployment

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Publisher excerpt: South Korea’s strained social care system turns to ChatGPT-enabled devices as population ages
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