New AI tool allows mourners to have conversations with the dead at their funeral

The idea of conversing with mourners at your own funeral may sound like the plot from the latest episode of Black Mirror. But it could become a reality, thanks to a Los Angeles-based startup, which has developed a'holographic conversational vido experience'. StoryFile creates a digital clone of the subject by using 20 synchronised cameras to record them answering a series of questions. Experts then process the footage, tagging clips and using it to train an artificial intelligence (AI) that can provide responses to these questions in natural language. The finished product is then uploaded to the StoryFile platform, which can be interacted with after the individual has passed away.