How AI is changing the way we grieve our loved ones

Diego Felix Dos Santos never expected to hear his late father’s voice again – until AI made it possible. “The tone of the voice is pretty perfect,” he says. “It feels like, almost, he’s here.”

After the 39-year-old’s father unexpectedly passed away last year, Dos Santos travelled to his native Brazil to be with family. It was only after returning to his home in Edinburgh, Scotland, that he says he realised “I had nothing to actually remind [me of] my dad.” What he did have, though, was a voice note his father sent him from his hospital bed.