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When AI keeps your dead father's digital habits alive

My father's AI chatbot trained on his texts keeps sending me birthday reminders and it has been two years since he died and I cannot figure out how to make it stop.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Algorithmic persistence can turn helpful technology into haunting reminders of loss.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Data and privacy after death?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.