Jack and Sharon Osbourne Defend Plan for AI Ozzy Osbourne — Family Pushes Back on Backlash Over Post-Death Digital Recreation of Rock Musician

Jack and Sharon Osbourne publicly defended their plan to create an AI version of Ozzy Osbourne following significant public backlash, as reported by the Seattle Times on June 8. The proposal to digitally recreate the Black Sabbath frontman using AI raises questions about posthumous consent, estate control, and the ethics of AI resurrection of deceased artists. The case joins a growing 2026 wave of AI celebrity-likeness controversies, as AI music and voice tools lower the barrier to realistic posthumous recreation and estate holders increasingly test the boundaries of digital identity rights.