Meta has secured a patent for an artificial intelligence system capable of simulating a user’s social media activity after death. According to the filing, the AI would analyze a person’s posts, messages, voice recordings, comments, and likes to create a convincing digital persona that continues interacting online—even after the user has passed away. The technology envisions posting updates, responding to direct messages, and potentially even generating audio or video interactions, giving the impression that the individual never truly left. While Meta says it has no immediate plans to roll out the system, the patent reveals how far Silicon Valley is willing to go in blurring the line between life and code.

The filing frames the concept as a way to soften the “severe and permanent” impact of a user’s absence, especially in the case of death. But what is being proposed is not remembrance—it is replication. A digital echo trained on personal data would mimic tone, humor, preferences, and personality traits. This emerging category of “grief tech” raises profound ethical questions about consent, psychological consequences, and commercial exploitation. Who controls the digital ghost? Who profits from the continued engagement of a deceased person’s likeness? In an age obsessed with relevance and presence, even death is being re-engineered into an engagement opportunity.

SOURCE: CyberNews