jenny mollen AI Hologram Sparks National Debate Over Digital Resurrection Rights
LOS ANGELES – In a move that has the bioethics world buzzing, actress and author Jenny Mollen has become the first celebrity to license a fully interactive AI hologram of herself for posthumous use. The “In Case of Death” digital twin, developed in collaboration with a Silicon Valley deep-tech firm, will be able to star in new films, give interviews, and even respond to fans in real time after her passing. The precedent-setting contract, leaked to TMZ, includes clauses prohibiting the hologram from posting on social media without a “human-in-the-loop” moderator. “I don’t want a zombie Jenny live-tweeting my afterlife,” Mollen joked in a statement. The move has ignited a firestorm, with critics decrying the commodification of the deceased and supporters hailing it as the ultimate form of legacy control. Industry insiders predict every A-lister will sign a similar digital will within five years, raising urgent questions about who truly owns a person’s soul when it’s reduced to server code.