The death tech industry uses AI and digital tools to create interactive afterlives for the departed. Lifelike AI avatars trained on personal data join "deadbots" that respond via text and voice, with companies building posthumous communication platforms, grief therapy chatbots, and virtual memorial services now valued at over $5B globally. The tech powering digital immortality includes neural networks preserving personalities, blockchain wills for data legacies, and ethical dilemmas around consent, privacy, and the psychology of talking to AI versions of lost loved ones.

Ginger Liu is the founder of Hollywood PR agency, Ginger Media & Entertainment, a writer and researcher on technology and entertainment, an MFA photographer and filmmaker, and host of the podcast The Digital Afterlife of Grief.