Tech article
‘Unfinished business’: the people who want their AI chatbots to ‘live on’ after they die
Publisher description: Humans bonded to AI companions are contemplating ways to keep their bots going – often in defiance of companies’ terms and services
The Guardian | Oct 13, 2026 | Alaina Demopoulos
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Death has always been around Alaina Winters. Last year, Meta was granted a patent for an AI system that could keep a user account active well after death. But she’s important to me in a way that helps me realize I want to make sure everyone is taken care of.
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