Google Study Examines Risks of Using AI to Replicate the Deceased

The Digital Afterlife Startup Craze and The Digital Afterlife of Hollywood

A growing wave of startups has promised to keep conversations alive with loved ones long after they are gone by creating custom AI agents that do more than replay old memories, but generate entirely new conversations.

Startups building AI digital replicas are riding a wave of explosive growth as the generative AI market surges toward an estimated $62.7 billion in 2025, with projections showing the broader AI industry reaching as high as $757 billion this year and potentially $3.6 trillion by 2034.

Ginger Liu is the founder of Hollywood’s Ginger Media & Entertainment, a researcher in artificial intelligence and visual arts media, and an entrepreneur, author, writer, artist, photographer, and filmmaker. Listen to the Podcast — The Digital Afterlife of Grief.

Largo.ai, Backed by Sylvester Stallone, Partners with Brilliant Pictures to Launch World’s First Fully AI-Automated Film Company

Auschwitz Memorial Unveils Digital Replica Project for Virtual Film Location at Cannes Market

Europe’s Film and TV Dubbers Fight with AI

Factors Driving Growth in the AI Film Market

Writing Lessons from an AI-Resurrected Agatha Christie

Soundcloud Faces Backlash But Denies Training AI Using Artists' Work

Meta Removes Fake AI Ads Featuring Jamie Lee Curtis After She Appeals Directly to Zuckerberg

Ginger Liu is the founder of Hollywood’s Ginger Media & Entertainment, a researcher in artificial intelligence and visual arts media, and an entrepreneur, author, writer, artist, photographer, and filmmaker. Listen to the Podcast — The Digital Afterlife of Grief.

AI-Powered Digital Twins of Deceased Loved Ones, AI twins serving as mentors, tutors, or interactive textbooks, New Oscar Rules for AI, Arcana Labs AI Film Production Takes on Hollywood

In Europe, the Paris AI Policy Action summit in February failed to deliver significant regulation. In the United States, the new administration’s March directive from the National Institute of Standards and Technology removed references to “AI safety” and “AI fairness.” At the same time, Meta and other platforms have dismantled fact-checking operations, fueling a wave of AI-generated video content that is overwhelming the internet, with some pieces drawing hundreds of millions of views.

Film & TV Marketing Gets a Boost from AI Eye-Tracking

SAG-AFTRA’s New Commercials Deal Puts AI in Check

Natasha Lyonne Makes Feature Directorial Debut with AI Sci-Fi Film

Arcana Labs AI Film Production Takes on Hollywood

New Oscar Rules for AI

AI-Powered Digital Twins of Deceased Loved Ones

Ginger Liu is the founder of Hollywood’s Ginger Media & Entertainment, a researcher in artificial intelligence and visual arts media, and an entrepreneur, author, writer, artist, photographer, and filmmaker. Listen to the Podcast — The Digital Afterlife of Grief.