🤔 Instagram after death?

Meta has received a patent for technology that could allow AI to manage a person’s Instagram account after they pass away. The system would be able to like posts, reply to messages, comment, and even simulate video calls.

The idea is to train a language model on a user’s full Instagram activity, including posts, comments, likes, and DMs. In practice, this would create a digital version of your behavior on the platform. The patent suggests that when someone stops appearing online, it affects followers, and if the person has died, the impact is even greater.

A Meta spokesperson said there are no plans to launch this feature and that a patent does not guarantee a product.

Still, the concept aligns with past moves, including legacy account management and Zuckerberg’s earlier comments about digital avatars of deceased users.

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