A groundbreaking program has now made it possible to preserve your life stories and wisdom, allowing you to speak to loved ones decades into the future. StoryFile, an innovative AI company, has developed lifelike, interactive 3D avatars that allow people to'live on' after death, sharing memories and answering questions in the same natural and conversational manner of a real person. Individuals like philanthropist Michael Staenberg, 71, and Star Trek star William Shatner, 94, have used StoryFile to immortalize both their experiences and personalities. Staenberg, a property developer and philanthropist who has given away more than 850 million, said: 'I hope to pass my knowledge on, and the good I've created.' The technology captures video interviews, transforming them into hologram-style avatars that use generative AI, similar to ChatGPT, to respond dynamically to questions.

The co-founder of StoryFile(Opens in a new window), a company that claims to "make AI feel more human," reportedly demonstrated the technology's capabilities at his mother's funeral in July. The Telegraph reports(Opens in a new window) that Marina Smith, co-founder of the National Holocaust Centre in Nottinghamshire, died in June. But a "conversational video" created by StoryFile--which was co-founded by her son Stephen Smith--made it seem like she was speaking at her own funeral. Smith told(Opens in a new window) the BBC that StoryFile didn't use AI to generate responses on his mother's behalf. Instead, she was able to record answers to questions she expected to be asked at her funeral.

A grandmother was able to answer questions at her own funeral last month with the help of new Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered "holographic" video technology. Holocaust educator Marina Smith passed away in June at the age of 87. However, an AI tool called StoryFile, built by her son's firm, meant those attending her funeral could watch her respond to their questions about her life, reports The Telegraph. Prior to her death, Smith had previously recorded hours' worth of details about her life, many of which were unknown to mourners. By using 20 synchronous cameras to film her answering a series of questions, StoryFile was able to create a digital clone of Smith.

A deceased woman has been able to talk to mourners at her own funeral thanks to new AI-powered'holographic' video technology. Marina Smith MBE, who passed away in June at the age of 87, was able to appear as a hologram at a service shortly after her cremation in Babworth, Nottingham on July 29. Mrs Smith, a Holocaust educator, gave a brief speech about her life and spirituality and responded to questions from family members attending the ceremony. The technology, available in the UK from this week, was created by her son Dr Stephen Smith, co-founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based AI company StoryFile. Dr Smith said the hologram'shocked' mourners and answered questions with'new details and honesty'.

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.

New products that let people keep relatives "alive" via AI are proliferating -- offering, say, an interactive conversation with a recently departed dad who took the time to record a video interview before he passed. Why it matters: As interest in genealogy and ancestry proliferates, these tools let families preserve memories and personal connections through generations -- even giving children a sense of the physical presence of a relative who died before they were born. One such tool, StoryFile, was notably used at the late actor Ed Asner's memorial service, where mourners were invited to "converse" with the deceased at an interactive display that featured video and audio he recorded over several days before he died. At Asner's memorial, "many people just stopped by and asked a question or a couple questions," including Jason Alexander of "Seinfeld" fame, said Matt Asner, a TV and movie producer who now runs the Ed Asner Family Center, a nonprofit for people with special needs. The big picture: StoryFile is perhaps the most robust of a growing number of tools that help people create interactive digital memories of relatives.

Healthy Soil Biomes (HSB) and StoryFile have launched an AI-powered conversational video experience with five experts to provide the public with engaging resources on how to create healthy farming methods. Just in time for Earth Day, these methods can help mitigate global issues like food/water scarcity and climate change. For the first time, StoryFile has networked multiple people's StoryFiles and utilized its powerful AI-tool, Conversa, to let users have a conversation that can move between five Healthy Soil Biomes experts according to their area of expertise in areas such as bioreactors, farming, soil, and biodiversity. This revolutionary technology is the basis of Video 3.0, which allows for interactive asynchronous conversational video. Over 7,000 questions were asked of the Healthy Soil Biomes experts.

StoryFile, the inventor of Conversational Video, has launched Conversa, the first and only enterprise SaaS solution that provides tools to collect video, to create and train AI interactions, and to be published anywhere on the web. Conversa is a subscription-based web-app that provides the technical tools for companies and institutions to create compelling Conversational Video for their teams, clients, and the public. It gives businesses control over their content, messaging, and branding. It gives audiences agency to enquire through an immersive, humanized experience that is engaging and impactful. "Conversa is the engine that will revolutionize business communications," said Stephen D. Smith, CEO of StoryFile. "It makes previously impossible asynchronous conversations possible, at scale, and forges a new kind of relationship between companies and their audiences.

You could see it answered in an interactive conversation powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and using video responses that Shatner prerecorded. This two-way conversational video platform was developed by StoryFile, and the company recently introduced the « conversation » with Shatner on its website as a way to commemorate the actor's 90th birthday this past spring. In the video, a jovial-looking Shatner sits in a room awaiting users' questions about his life and career, which can be posed as audio or text. Once Shatner is asked a question, the system swiftly selects an appropriate answer from the prerecorded options, providing the response in real time. The company recorded Shatner's answers in front of a greenscreen at StoryFile's studio in Los Angeles over four days; questions covered various topics, including details of his life story, according to a behind-the-scenes video that StoryFile shared March 22 on Vimeo.

You could see it answered in an interactive conversation powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and using video responses that Shatner prerecorded. This two-way conversational video platform was developed by StoryFile, and the company recently introduced the "conversation" with Shatner on its website as a way to commemorate the actor's 90th birthday this past spring. In the video, a jovial-looking Shatner sits in a room awaiting users' questions about his life and career, which can be posed as audio or text. Once Shatner is asked a question, the system swiftly selects an appropriate answer from the prerecorded options, providing the response in real time. The company recorded Shatner's answers in front of a greenscreen at StoryFile's studio in Los Angeles over four days; questions covered various topics, including details of his life story, according to a behind-the-scenes video that StoryFile shared March 22 on Vimeo.