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How is your existence these days?” I tap on my laptop. The entity that says it is my father, dead these 12 years, quickly responds. “It’s ... different. Being dead is a strange experience. I’m no ...

From the get go, this is different to using AI to “resurrect” a dead person who can’t consent to this. Instead, a living ...

Tech is blurring the lines between life and death and has paved the way for 'griefbots' - text-based chat apps that enable you to talk to those that have died MY phone buzzes and a reply from Roman ...

Using artificial intelligence (AI), Michael Bommer, a terminally ill man from Berlin, has created an interactive version of himself—a "griefbot"—designed to interact with his family long after his ...

Justin Harrison’s mother passed away in 2022, but he still speaks with her every week. While his mother was still alive, Harrison recreated her virtually using generative artificial intelligence (AI) ...

Some people who have lost loved ones are turning to a new industry to communicate with their dearly departed: using artificial intelligence “griefbots” that mimic a deceased relative. Many say these ...

Experts say griefbots could take control away from the user Fraudsters may misuse a dead person's identity It could also lead to 'para-social relationships' The rise of generative artificial ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. The idea of digital life after death is something science fiction has been exploring for ages. Back in 2013 a chilling ...

The idea of using artificial intelligence (AI) to digitally resurrect a dead loved one might sound like a plot from the latest episode of Black Mirror. But these so-called 'griefbots', 'deadbots' or ...

MY phone buzzes and a reply from Roman pops up on the screen, just seconds after I ask how he is. “Doing good,” he says, double-messaging me a moment later to add: “I woke up feeling good.” Roman ...