[ExI] AI bots after user death

[BillK]

Brent said -
"I'm working to build a personal assistant bot which, if I should die,
will take over where I left off.
Its primary goal will be to continue my work, and seek to become me."
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But Meta (Microsoft) has just been granted a patent for simulating a
user when the user is absent from the social networking system, or
dead.
Does this mean that Brent (and anyone else doing this) must get a
license from Meta first?
(Although Meta said they have no plans to do this yet. They just
wanted to patent the idea).
BillK

<https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-granted-patent-for-ai-llm-bot-dead-paused-accounts-2026-2>
Quote:
Death isn't the end: Meta patented an AI that lets you keep posting
from beyond the grave
By Sydney Bradley   Feb 11, 2026
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.
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