There is a certain nostalgia when looking at the account social networks of a pdeceased person. See your posts and interactions, frozen in time, leaving a digital trace about who he was and what his tastes were. However, this could change forever thanks to a new Artificial intelligence which has been patented by the company Meta, parent company of social networks such as Instagram, Facebook or WhatsApp.
As reported by Business Insider, Mark Zuckerberg’s company patentedin December 2025, an Artificial Intelligence capable of continue activity on social networks of a user when he is has no activity in your account for a long period of timeeither when it is already has passed away. Which would allow these accounts to continue active and even interacting.
For this, the AI learns user behavior thanks to the data present in the own account. Posts, comments or likes will be the training data of a tool that will be capable replicate user activity. So much so, that other profiles may receive messages writings and, even audio.
“The impact on users is much stronger and more permanent if the user has died” according to Meta
This Artificial Intelligence model was developed due to the impact who have the accounts deceased or inactive people in the rest of the users. According to the document presented by the company, when a profile stops publishing content on a regular basis, whether due to being on vacation or for other major reasons, users begin to miss its content.
As the document explains “The impact on users is much stronger and permanent if the user has died and cannot publish on their social networks.” Therefore, they began to program an AI that allows create a digital clone with the information extracted from your account. Likewise, it is also useful For those people who are dedicated to content creation in networks and want a break.
The first time this technology was presented was in November 2023 under the authorship of Andrew Bosworththe Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Meta, and his patent will expire in 2043. However, he stated that They have no plans to move forward. with this example.” So will not be implemented on their social networks in the near future.
However, this Artificial Intelligence model is part of a trend of systems that recreate the presence of deceased relatives and close people to offer comfort to those who miss them. One of the most popular examples was the 2wai application, which allowed you to start conversations with the deceased.
This application is capable of imitate the personality and voice of the deceased personallowing your loved ones to pretend that you are still among them. Some characteristics that aim provide comfort and help during the grieving process. However, different experts have warned of the serious psychological consequences that they may have on their users, since they make it difficult to accept the loss and there is a risk that develop emotional dependency towards AI.