AI/TECH
How ChatGPT Reunited a Long-Lost Family
Avtar Singh spent decades wondering about his past. Then he turned to a chatbot to solve a lifetime of family secrets.
The GuardianAvtar Singh used ChatGPT to help piece together his fragmented family history, eventually reuniting with a half-sister thousands of miles away named Nicci. Taken from India to Canada as a child in 1968, Avtar grew up feeling like an outsider before modern AI helped bridge decades of silence.
- Avtar Singh grew up in Amritsar, India in the 1960s before moving to Canada in December 1968.
- He was raised initially by his paternal grandparents, where his grandmother affectionately called him 'Titu'.
- After moving to Halifax, Nova Scotia at age nine, his nickname changed to 'Tito' and he struggled to fit in with his parents.
WHY THIS MATTERSWHY THIS MATTERS: While everyone is busy arguing about AI writing corporate emails or hacking startups, everyday folks are quietly using it as a high-powered search engine to solve decades-old personal mysteries.