Resurrection-As-A-Service? Inside The Coming AI Afterlife Boom

AI technology now enables people to "resurrect" deceased loved ones through chatbots trained on digital footprints like texts and social media posts, with companies like HereafterAI and Project December offering such services. While this addresses unresolved grief, experts warn it may prevent healthy grieving processes and normalize treating people as replaceable. The technology raises unprecedented legal questions about posthumous data rights and could potentially disrupt traditional concepts of generational succession in society.