META Granted Patent That Allows Facebook Users to Post After They Die
A patent granted to META in December gives an inside look at how Facebook users may still be able to post beyond the grave.
According to the patent, the large language model will be “simulating the user when the user is absent from the social networking system, for example, when the user takes a long break or if the user is deceased.”
The AI model would essentially replicate the deceased person’s digital presence by analyzing data such as their writing style, tone, and expressed beliefs, allowing it to continue posting content and even commenting on friends’ posts in their voice.
It gets stranger.
The patent also referenced technology that would allow users to have phone calls with the deceased or even video calls.
Per Business Insider:
In the patent, Meta lays out why it thinks people might need this.
If you’re no longer posting online — whether that’s because you need a break from social media or … you … die — your followers’ user experience will be affected. In short, they’ll miss you.
“The impact on the users is much more severe and permanent if that user is deceased and can never return to the social networking platform,” the document says.
To fill that void, Meta would essentially create a digital clone of your social media presence, training a model on “user-specific” data — including historical platform activity, such as comments, likes, or content — to understand how you would (or rather, did) behave.
The patent was filed by META’s CTO, Andrew Bosworth.
Despite being granted the patent, META has claimed it has no plans to implement the technology.
In recent years, the idea of using AI to bring someone back from the dead digitally has gained some momentum.
In 2025, the family of Christopher Pelkey, who was killed in a road rage incident in Arizona, used an AI-generated video of Pelkey as an impact statement in the courtroom.
WATCH:
AI: In a historic first, a murder victim delivered his own impact statement in court—through AI. After Chris Pelkey was killed in a road rage incident, his sister used artificial intelligence to recreate his voice and likeness, moving the judge to impose a harsher sentence.
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