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Meta was granted a patent in December 2025 for an AI system that would keep deceased users’ Facebook and Instagram accounts active – posting, commenting, messaging, even simulating voice calls based on historical behavior. The patent was filed back in 2023, around the same time Zuckerberg floated the idea on Lex Fridman’s podcast as a way to interact with memories of loved ones. Meta says it has no plans to ship this, the standard disclaimer companies attach to patents they’d rather not defend publicly. Startups like HereAfter AI and StoryFile already offer interactive avatars of deceased relatives, so the underlying technology isn’t theoretical. What’s new is a platform with billions of existing behavioral profiles patenting the infrastructure to automate it at scale.
