Digital afterlife and griefbots

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DateVersionChange
1.0Published as a broad comparative synthesis in the post-audit corpus-rebalancing program.
1.1Replaced the generic comparative shell with a source-specific account of system types, documented platforms, grief evidence, identity claims, privacy, consent, and platform dependency.
1.1Corrected translations of “Digital afterlife and griefbots”, preserving source attribution and limits of evidence.
1.2Corrected article wording, source attribution and translated explanatory metadata.
1.3Distinguished recorded and generated forms of represented presence, developed the continuing-bonds comparison, and clarified consent and evidence limits.

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Published on or before
2 August 2026
Last revision
18 October 2026
Last substantive review
18 October 2026
Current version
1.3