grief tech

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Noun

grief tech (uncountable)

  1. Technology and services designed to help commemorate or simulate deceased loved ones.
    Synonym: grief technology
    • [2023 July 18, Aimee Pearcy, “‘It was as if my father were actually texting me’: grief in the age of AI”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      This burgeoning field, sometimes called “grief tech”, promises services that will make death feel less painful by helping us to stay digitally connected with our loved ones.]
    • 2024 [2023], Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World, Vintage, →ISBN, page 60:
      Then there is the growing field of “grief tech,” aiming “to take the sting out of death,” as a Financial Times headline recently put it.
    • 2025 May 3, Patricia Clarke, “You and me, we gonna live forever … as avatars, at least”, in The Observer‎[2]:
      For $199, you can live for ever. At least that’s the promise of an app called HereAfter AI, which might let you haunt your family for generations.
      The app is part of a fast-growing industry known as grief tech – a cluster of startups exploring how technology can commemorate, simulate or even resurrect the dead.
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