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Meta's New Patent: an AI That Likes, Comments and Messages For You When You're Dead

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Posted by msmash on Friday February 13, 2026 @04:30PM from the death-is-no-excuse-for-low-engagement dept.

Meta was granted a patent in late December that describes how a large language model could be trained on a deceased user's historical activity -- their comments, likes, and posted content -- to keep their social media accounts active after they're gone.

Andrew Bosworth, Meta's CTO, is listed as the primary author of the patent, first filed in 2023. The AI clone could like and comment on posts, respond to DMs, and even simulate video or audio calls on the user's behalf. A Meta spokesperson told Business Insider the company has "no plans to move forward" with the technology.

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