AI avatars of dead people are teaching courses and testifying in court. Even with the best of intentions, the emerging practice of AI ‘reanimations’ is an ethical quagmire.

Kenneth Dunn, a South Sider who pioneered recycling and green living in Chicago, died on October 14, 2024 following a brief period of hospice care. He was 81 years old.

Christopher Pelkey was shot and killed in a road range incident in 2021. On May 8, 2025, at the sentencing hearing for his killer, an AI video ...