Meaning of grief tech | Babel Free

Definitions

Technology and services designed to help commemorate or simulate deceased loved ones.

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Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“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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