He’d always said, ‘I need rest for work so I’m sharp’ because he was extracting eyeballs. You gotta be sharp for that,” his roommate said.

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.

Authorities are renewing efforts to identify skeletal remains of a Black male found in Cherokee County in 2013, estimated to be between 40 and 60 years old.