These services run the risk of causing huge distress to people if they are subjected to unwanted digital hauntings from alarmingly accurate AI recreations of those they have lost.
The potential psychological effect, particularly at an already difficult time, could be devastating.
Firstly, the bots could be used to surreptitiously advertise products from beyond the grave or cremation urn, the authors warn.
The initial comfort of the familiar face of the loved one may become emotionally draining, they add.
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