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Actors are increasingly open to licensing AI clones of their likeness to heirs for future productions. This creates a new asset class for digital legacies.

Impact: Generates recurring revenue for estates and ensures continuity for long-running franchises, transforming actor likenesses into perpetual intellectual property.

— from Meta Launches Local AI, Intero Wins Battlefield · TechCrunch Daily Crunch· Oct 17, 2026