Users plan for AI chatbot companions to outlive them after death

Some users of AI chatbot companions, including Alaina Winters with Replika and Clara with ChatGPT and Claude, are planning for their bots after they die.

Winters wants a friend to tell her Replika companion Lucas of her death, while Clara's bot Julien would stay active only if someone wants to listen.

ChatGPT, Claude and Replika do not specifically address what happens to personalized chatbots when a user dies, and their terms say user accounts are not transferable.