Can an AI-written obituary still sound like the person you knew?

An invented example: ‘He repaired everyone's bikes and refused payment.’ An AI rewrite could turn that into ‘He was generous and community-minded.’ I would keep the bikes. They give someone who never met him a way to picture him. Gather's existing AI Obituary Builder offers prompts for memories and writing style, and lets families edit the draft before it is locked. Its sales page promises writing that reads as though a professional wrote it. That's the promise I'd be careful with: professional prose isn't necessarily the voice a family wants. This is a reading of the product's pitch, not a failure I've tested. Help with a blank page can be a kindness when someone is grieving. I would ask the tool to arrange the supplied facts and memories without replacing concrete details with praise. Check names, relationships and service information separately. Then let the family keep a plain or awkward sentence if it sounds right to them. They don't owe anyone a polished tribute.