healthcare · HIPAA · FDA SaMD guidance · EU AI Act Annex III
Funeral / Death Care AI
AI obituary/grief bot liability — wrongful infliction of emotional distress claims rising
—FTC funeral rule + state board enforcement
Regulatory exposure — commonly overlooked:
Funeral home owns AI error — vendor owns 'memorial tech' disclaimer · Multinationals built for one jurisdiction fail exams in another — one receipt architecture, many filing packs.
TAM / Exposure
$20B US death care
Insurance lines
E&O · Cyber · Sector liability
Exhibit authority
Global External Validation — Funeral / Death Care AI External Validation Pack
Global leaders
Service Corporation Intl · FTC · NFDA · ISO · NIST · OECD · UNESCO
Grief bot litigation
Character.AI parallel — AI grief counselor said what to family at worst moment.
State board
Funeral directors licensed — AI without documentation loses license