Ozzy Osbourne’s Next Encore Is an AI Avatar Fans Can Talk To

Sharon Osbourne went shopping in Beverly Hills, but the real purchase order is much bigger: Digital Ozzy is being built as an AI avatar fans may be able to talk to this summer. The family says Hyperreal and Proto Hologram are creating his voice, image, movement — the full Prince of Darkness software bundle — with Birmingham floated as a first stop. So rock history has reached the stage where the afterlife comes with brand partners, display units, and probably a very nervous terms-of-service page. Ozzy once bit the head off a bat; now Silicon Valley is checking if it can make the bat subscribe.