Digital Afterlife: Hollywood & AI Tech

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Digital Afterlife: Hollywood & AI Tech explores Hollywood's AI-driven tech, artist copyright battles, entertainment policy, and film industry disruption. We also discuss how photography and other visual media are disrupted by AI innovation, exploring the latest global startups and research in AI photography, video, grief, digital afterlife tech, and other visual media. Ginger Liu is the founder/CEO of Ginger Media & Entertainment—a media and entertainment expert, MFA photographer, filmmaker, journalist, and AI/visual media researcher. gliumedia.com gingerliu.com https://gingerliu.substack

  1. FEB 27

    Digital Afterlife Tech: AI, Death Tech & Communicating Beyond the Grave

    The death tech industry uses AI and digital tools to create interactive afterlives for the departed. Lifelike AI avatars trained on personal data join "deadbots" that respond via text and voice, with companies building posthumous communication platforms, grief therapy chatbots, and virtual memorial services now valued at over $5B globally. The tech powering digital immortality includes neural networks preserving personalities, blockchain wills for data legacies, and ethical dilemmas around consent, privacy, and the psychology of talking to AI versions of lost loved ones. Ginger Liu is the founder of Hollywood PR agency, Ginger Media & Entertainment, a writer and researcher on technology and entertainment, an MFA photographer and filmmaker, and host of the podcast The Digital Afterlife of Grief.

    12 min

  2. JAN 20

    The Entertainment and AI Headlines: AI set to reshape film and TV production from script to screen

    AI set to reshape film and TV production from script to screen Disney+ eyes user-generated AI videos despite IP lawsuits Kevin Reilly to helm AI startup Kartel as entertainment and tech worlds converge New Dutch AI time‑travel series from Tilly Norwood creators Beta Film launches AI startup Chapter41 with industry veterans Amazon Prime Video introduces AI-powered video recaps for original series Eros Innovation raises $150m to power AI media platform Ginger Liu is the founder of Hollywood’s Ginger Media & Entertainment, a writer and researcher on technology and entertainment, an MFA photographer and filmmaker, and host of the podcast Digital Afterlife: Hollywood & Tech.

    8 min

  3. 11/30/2025

    Grief Tech Startup Industry

    Startups working in the death tech or grief tech industry have designed different approaches that enable users to communicate with the dead, via text, video, audio, or photorealist avatars. The technology represents a recent shift from photography to artificial intelligence as a tool for remembering the deceased. Ginger Liu is the founder of Hollywood’s Ginger Media & Entertainment, a writer and researcher on technology and entertainment, an MFA photographer and filmmaker, and host of the podcast The Digital Afterlife of Grief.

    17 min

  4. 10/31/2025

    The Digital After Life in 2025

    The rise of posthumous AI avatars represents a major shift in how technology interacts with death. What began as memorial tools allowing loved ones to interact with digital recreations of the deceased has evolved into an expanding commercial industry. The digital afterlife market is expected to quadruple in the next decade, reaching $80 billion, driven by advances in avatar technology. Ginger Liu MFA is the founder of Hollywood’s Ginger Media & Entertainment, a writer and researcher on technology and entertainment, a multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker, and host of the podcast The Digital Afterlife of Grief.

    12 min

  5. 09/29/2025

    Generative AI Headlines

    OpenAI Targets Hollywood with AI Films as New Investment Warner Bros. sues AI company Midjourney for copyright infringement The global AI avatar market Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5 billion in copyright settlement The global AI avatar market was valued at $7.41 billion in 2024. It is expected to grow from $9.78 billion in 2025 to $118.55 billion by 2034. OpenAI is making its Hollywood debut by backing Critterz, an animated feature largely created with artificial intelligence. Ginger Liu MFA is the founder of Hollywood’s Ginger Media & Entertainment, a writer and researcher on technology and entertainment, a multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker, and host of the podcast The Digital Afterlife of Grief.

    9 min

  6. 07/10/2025

    Generative AI Headlines

    North America dominates AI film market with $500m in revenue and a 40% global share. Moonvalley Unveils Marey AI Video Tool for Filmmakers. AI to restore 100 classic kung fu films and debut first fully AI-made animated feature.Denmark to introduce new copyright law targeting deepfakesBBC threatens legal action against Perplexity for unauthorized content useEquity warns legal action over actors scanned without consentJudge rules in favour of Meta in AI copyright lawsuit by authors Ginger Liu is the founder of Hollywood’s Ginger Media & Entertainment, a researcher in artificial intelligence and visual arts media, and an entrepreneur, author, writer, artist, photographer, and filmmaker. Listen to the Podcast — The Digital Afterlife of Grief.

    10 min

  7. 06/04/2025

    Digital Afterlife News

    Google Study Examines Risks of Using AI to Replicate the Deceased The Digital Afterlife Startup Craze and The Digital Afterlife of Hollywood A growing wave of startups has promised to keep conversations alive with loved ones long after they are gone by creating custom AI agents that do more than replay old memories, but generate entirely new conversations. Startups building AI digital replicas are riding a wave of explosive growth as the generative AI market surges toward an estimated $62.7 billion in 2025, with projections showing the broader AI industry reaching as high as $757 billion this year and potentially $3.6 trillion by 2034. Ginger Liu is the founder of Hollywood’s Ginger Media & Entertainment, a researcher in artificial intelligence and visual arts media, and an entrepreneur, author, writer, artist, photographer, and filmmaker. Listen to the Podcast — The Digital Afterlife of Grief.

    10 min

  8. 05/28/2025

    Generative AI Headlines

    Largo.ai, Backed by Sylvester Stallone, Partners with Brilliant Pictures to Launch World’s First Fully AI-Automated Film Company Auschwitz Memorial Unveils Digital Replica Project for Virtual Film Location at Cannes Market Europe’s Film and TV Dubbers Fight with AI Factors Driving Growth in the AI Film Market Writing Lessons from an AI-Resurrected Agatha Christie Soundcloud Faces Backlash But Denies Training AI Using Artists' Work Meta Removes Fake AI Ads Featuring Jamie Lee Curtis After She Appeals Directly to Zuckerberg Ginger Liu is the founder of Hollywood’s Ginger Media & Entertainment, a researcher in artificial intelligence and visual arts media, and an entrepreneur, author, writer, artist, photographer, and filmmaker. Listen to the Podcast — The Digital Afterlife of Grief.

    7 min
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Digital Afterlife: Hollywood & AI Tech explores Hollywood's AI-driven tech, artist copyright battles, entertainment policy, and film industry disruption. We also discuss how photography and other visual media are disrupted by AI innovation, exploring the latest global startups and research in AI photography, video, grief, digital afterlife tech, and other visual media. Ginger Liu is the founder/CEO of Ginger Media & Entertainment—a media and entertainment expert, MFA photographer, filmmaker, journalist, and AI/visual media researcher. gliumedia.com gingerliu.com https://gingerliu.substack

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