{"id":184278,"date":"2026-02-03T19:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T00:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/an-ai-afterlife-is-now-a-real-option-but-what-becomes-of-your-legal-status\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T19:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T00:55:12","slug":"an-ai-afterlife-is-now-a-real-option-but-what-becomes-of-your-legal-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/an-ai-afterlife-is-now-a-real-option-but-what-becomes-of-your-legal-status\/","title":{"rendered":"An \u2018AI afterlife\u2019 is now a real option \u2013 but what becomes of your legal status?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/an-ai-afterlife-is-now-a-real-option-but-what-becomes-of-your-legal-status-274021\">An \u2018AI afterlife\u2019 is now a real option \u2013 but what becomes of your legal status?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/an-ai-afterlife-is-now-a-real-option-but-what-becomes-of-your-legal-status-274021\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/an-ai-afterlife-is-now-a-real-option-but-what-becomes-of-your-legal-status-274021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-03 19:40:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"theconversation.com\">theconversation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The article discusses the emerging trend of &#8220;digital twins&#8221; or &#8220;deathbots,&#8221; AI-generated voices or avatars that can simulate interaction with deceased individuals.<\/li>\n<li>To create such a digital twin, one provides data including recorded stories, memories, and visual likeness, which is then used by an AI service to simulate a post-death interaction.<\/li>\n<li>There are concerns about the delegation of control over personal data to companies and the unclear legal status of these digital creations, particularly under copyright law.<\/li>\n<li>In Australia, there are no legal protections for a person\u2019s identity or likeness as individual personality rights do not exist, although the data used to create the digital twin may be protected under copyright.<\/li>\n<li>Ethical issues arise from the potential misrepresentation or distortion of the deceased&#8217;s personality by AI over time.<\/li>\n<li>Legal and ethical questions surrounding the future use and control of the data remain largely unanswered, and the responsibility for any AI-generated distress remains unclear.<\/li>\n<li>The law in this area lacks clear directives, leading to a need for more regulation in the emerging grief tech industry.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s important to thoroughly review terms and conditions before consenting to create a digital twin, as the contractual obligations may not fully account for future technological changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An \u2018AI afterlife\u2019 is now a real option \u2013 but what becomes of your legal&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":184279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/715657\/original\/file-20260202-56-t9d02s.png?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=0%2C166%2C1999%2C999&q=45&auto=format&w=1356&h=668&fit=crop","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184278"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184280,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184278\/revisions\/184280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}