{"id":89179,"date":"2026-07-13T17:19:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T17:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ai-companies-are-creating-generative-ghosts-of-deceased-loved-ones\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T17:19:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T17:19:30","slug":"ai-companies-are-creating-generative-ghosts-of-deceased-loved-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ai-companies-are-creating-generative-ghosts-of-deceased-loved-ones\/","title":{"rendered":"AI companies are creating &#8220;generative ghosts&#8221; of deceased loved ones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Jack Manning knows firsthand the emotional and practical challenge of memorializing a loved one in a way that feels appropriate. After losing his sister more than 10 years ago, he and his family spent hundreds of hours raising funds to organize a volunteer project honoring her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It took years of bake sales and 5Ks to raise money to honor her memory in a way that was meaningful to us. We got to see how much effort is required to create a memorial that&#8217;s impactful,&#8221; he told CBS News. &#8220;I thought, surely there is a way that technology can help us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Enter artificial intelligence. Manning, a doctoral candidate in information science at the University of Colorado Boulder, is now studying the use of large language models (LLM) to create what some are calling &#8220;generative ghosts&#8221; \u2014 AI chatbots trained on a dead person&#8217;s social media posts, emails, audio and video recordings, photos and other data to create a digital simulation that family and friends can interact with after the individual&#8217;s death.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is definitely a growing sector. We&#8217;re seeing growth in interest in how AI and grief intertwine,&#8221; Manning said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>A &#8220;lifelike&#8221; avatar<\/h2>\n<p>A number of startups now offer these services, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ae.studio\/seanceai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">S\u00e9ance AI<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.myyov.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You, Only Virtual<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aistudios.com\/rememory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">re;memory<\/a>. For example, Re;memory, lets users create lifelike avatars of their loved ones based on photos and voice recordings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By allowing you to interact with a lifelike digital avatar of your loved one, you can find solace in expressing your love and forgiveness, creating a bridge to the cherished moments you hold dear,&#8221; the company says on its website. The tool &#8220;allows you to see and hear your parents as they were in their cherished photos, rather than just imagining them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a June\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/doi\/10.1145\/3800645.3813090\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paper<\/a> published in the Association for Computing Machinery by lead researcher Jed Brubaker, an associate professor at the University of Colorado Boulder who studies socio-technical systems, Manning and his colleagues observed study participants&#8217; reactions to the AI ghosts of people they have lost.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Participants filled out a simple survey sharing positive memories of a loved one, talking about their upbringing and core traits,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;And they were fascinated by how much an LLM can do with so little information.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There are two basic kinds of generative ghosts, according to Manning. A simple &#8220;death bot&#8221; could be limited to playing back verbatim any statements recorded by a loved one, but would be incapable of simulating the deceased&#8217;s manner of communication.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;<\/strong>You can get a reasonable, although thin representation of a loved one with a single prompt on a free ChatGPT account,&#8221; Brubaker said. &#8220;The same way you might prompt it to say, &#8216;Talk to me like Shakespeare,&#8217; you can say, &#8216;Talk to me like my grandfather \u2014 here are some details about how he acted.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Continuing the conversation<\/h2>\n<p>Generative ghosts go significantly further by recreating the deceased&#8217;s voice and manner of communication, and offering the ability to interact with the living, even responding to questions in a recognizably familiar way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are capable of saying things a loved one might not have said. Ghosts are AI models that can talk for somebody, maybe answering a question that they didn&#8217;t answer when they were alive,&#8221; Manning said.<\/p>\n<p>The <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/generative-ai-subscriptions-consumer-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">cost to consumers<\/a><\/span> is variable. Re;memory charges $24 a month for individuals to create three custom avatars. For $19.99 per month, Sceance AI users can create animated images of their loved ones that can smile, make gentle head movements and speak in the deceased&#8217;s voice.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The researchers found that study participants generally preferred communicating with an AI &#8220;ghost&#8221; of their loved one in the first person, with the chatbot serving as a direct reincarnation, rather than an avatar speaking in the third person. One turnoff: if a bot used a term of endearment, like &#8220;champ&#8221; or &#8220;pal,&#8221; that their loved one\u00a0typically didn&#8217;t say, a user wanted to end the interaction.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Generative ghosts share some commonalities with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/taylor-swift-ai-voice-likeness-trademark\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">so-called deepfakes<\/a>, which can be designed to mislead the public by fabricating a public figure&#8217;s speech and actions. 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