HELLFIRE https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/09/dead_need_ai_data_delete_right/ https://bclawreview.bc.edu/articles/10.70167/YOEQ2314 … The emergence of generative AI means a person’s digital presence can be recreated and revived, even if they or their family don’t want that kind of memorial; Haneman, Chair of Fiduciary Law at the University of Georgia School of Law, argues US law should give a dead person’s estate a limited right to digital deletion as a defense against the exploitation of digital remains. She makes that case in an article titled “The Law of Digital Resurrection,” published earlier this year in the Boston College Law Review. … Regards
vaxvms Even the dearly departed, who have kicked the bit bucket, have no privacy when AI is in operation. And AI can generate images, videos, and audio of them. Say goodbye to RIP.
vaxvms Somewhat-Reticent AI has proven it says FY to copyrights and trademarks. And nothing has been done to stop that. Digital theft has been declared to not be any kind of violation,
Somewhat-Reticent InternetJeff Your perspective and priorities will be adjusted. ( Before then, ads for “Life” insurance, legal services for wills, … )
ElQuintron InternetJeff Your surviving relatives my care if your likeness is being used to represent you as something you aren’t, or if you have a large body of work, you may care about misrepresenting your legacy.
urbanriot HELLFIRE My opinion is that no one should have the rights to your digital likeness or data post-mortem unless it was directly provided through an agreement or a necessity to fulfill a financial agreement. In other words, an estate shouldn’t have to have the rights because it shouldn’t have been given in the first place.