TAIPEI, Taiwan — Whenever stress at work builds, Chinese tech executive Sun Kai ... Instead of telling her about her son's death, Yang sought to create a digital avatar that was realistic ...

While some elements of “death tech” seek to modernise logistically ... the technology they used to create a speaking, moving avatar of Nayeon, was a chance to explain these regrets to her ...

Psychologists and philosophers who talked to MIT Technology Review about the impact of grief tech have warned about the danger of doing so. Sun Kai, at least, has found the digital avatar of his ...

Grief tech is already on offer ... people from the grave in the immediate aftermath of your death might exceed the glories. Your AI avatar will be more than the Taj Mahal while also being less ...