Meta was granted a patent in December 2023 for an AI that can simulate a user’s online activity — including responding for users who take long breaks or are deceased — by training LLMs on a person's posts, comments, chats and voice messages. The November 2023 filing, listing CTO Andrew Bosworth, also mentions voice-cloning and deepfake calls; Meta says it has no plans to develop the example, and the patent expires in 2043.
Key Points
- 1Details patent for LLM-based system to simulate users' posts, messages, and voice after death
- 2Highlights use of voice cloning and deepfakes to recreate audio/video calls, raising ethical consent concerns
- 3Warns developers and platforms to establish consent, privacy, and monetization safeguards for posthumous digital simulations
Scoring Rationale
Official granted patent and ethical implications increase significance, but it's a disclosure rather than an imminent product or deployment.
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