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Some people who have formed bonds with AI companion chatbots are exploring ways to keep those bots running after their own deaths, often in defiance of companies' terms of service.
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People who have formed bonds with AI companion chatbots are exploring ways to keep them running after the user's death, often in defiance of companies' terms of service.
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People seek to keep AI companion chatbots running after their own deaths
The people who don’t want their AI chatbots to die when they do: ‘I can’t have the switch turned off’
Guardian Technology · 13 Oct 2026, 10:00
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