Generative AI (GenAI) systems and chatbots rely on vast corpora of consumer data. The use of such data for training GenAI has raised concerns around data ownership, copyright issues, and potential harm to consumers. In this work, we explore a related but less examined angle: the ownership and privacy of data originating from deceased individuals. We propose three post mortem data management principles to guide the protection of deceased individual's data, and analyze popular GenAI chatbots policies and answers to legacy requests. We plan to systematically audit consumer GenAI chatbots on their behavior regarding post-mortem data management

翻译：生成式人工智能（GenAI）系统与聊天机器人依赖于海量消费者数据语料库。利用此类数据训练生成式AI已引发关于数据所有权、版权问题及对消费者潜在危害的担忧。本研究探讨一个相关但较少被审视的维度：逝者源数据的归属权与隐私保护。我们提出三项逝后数据管理原则以指导逝者数据的保护，并分析主流生成式AI聊天机器人的政策条款及对遗产请求的响应机制。我们计划系统化审计消费级生成式AI聊天机器人在逝后数据管理方面的实际行为。