stux⚡️Feb 19

🤮 #Meta patented an #AI that lets you keep posting from beyond the grave

https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-granted-patent-for-ai-llm-bot-dead-paused-accounts-2026-2

Meta patented an AI that lets you keep posting after you die

Meta was recently granted a patent for tech to keep your social media accounts running using AI if you take a break or die.

Business Insider
Show threadstux⚡️

If it wasn't clear yet..

DELETE YOUR #META ACCOUNTS

Feb 19 at 1:20pmWeb
Show threadTravis ScottFeb 19
@stux that includes Instagram and WhatsApp too
Show threadAbram Kedge🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦Feb 19

@stux I don't think deleting the accounts does anything except set "deleted" to "true".

I had a Facebook account in 2005 - for a week. I deleted it.

Ten years later I had to create another to test a Facebook extension. FB resurrected my original account. All my posts were still there.

Show threadMatt HallFeb 19

@AbramKedge @stux

Yeah, that's pretty typical. We usually call it a soft-delete. We don't always reveal to the user it's just a flag on an account.

It's pretty lousy.

Show threadSvavar the NeurospicyFeb 19

@AbramKedge @stux

This is why I prefer to misdirect the algorithm by following and liking things I'm not actually interested in.

Show threadH4Heights 🇪🇺🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦Feb 19
@AbramKedge @stux
Once upon a happier time it was (theoretically) possible to delete tweets off Twatter. Odd (not) how this is nigh on impossible now.
Show threadGondorFeb 19
@stux
My elderly mother (89) was not happy i deleted WA, as i am the only one in the family to do so. She has to use Signal just for me. At least she does.
Show threadCodeMacLifeFeb 19
@stux I deleted mine a few months ago. Unfortunately, I am stuck with WhatsApp for another year while my son is at school+clubs. After that, WhatsApp will be gone.
Show threadMartFeb 19
@stux I did a few days ago, it’s been freeing.
Show threadMayhamMondayFeb 19
@stux did that back in 2019!