Meta was granted a patent in late December that describes how a large language model could be trained on a deceased user's historical activity -- their comments, likes, and posted content -- to keep their social media accounts active after they're gone.

Andrew Bosworth, Meta's CTO, is listed as the primary author of the patent, first filed in 2023. The AI clone could like and comment on posts, respond to DMs, and even simulate video or audio calls on the user's behalf. A Meta spokesperson told Business Insider the company has "no plans to move forward" with the technology.

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If what you want is to see tiny people all over your plate, you 100% absolutely have to try Lanmaoa asiatica. The mushroom is a popular food during mushroom season, but if undercooked has the same effect worldwide: lilliputian hallucinations.

MILAAN (ANP) - De finale van het kunstschaatsen bij de mannen op de Olympische Spelen van Milaan en Cortina kende een dramatische ontknoping. De Amerikaanse topfavoriet Ilia Malinin bezweek in de vrije kür onder de druk en kwam enkele keren ten val. Hij zakte door een lage waardering van de jury van de eerste naar de achtste plaats.

De Kazach Michail Sjaidorov profiteerde van het mislukte optreden van tweevoudig wereldkampioen Malinin. Hij werkte een foutloze kür af en kreeg de hoogste score, die hem ook de gouden medaille opleverde. Het zilver en brons waren voor Japanners, respectievelijk Yuma Kagiyama en Shun Sato.

Malinin leidde de competitie na de korte kür en begon met bravoure aan zijn vrije oefening, waarin hij voor het eerst in de olympische geschiedenis een viervoudige axel wilde laten zien. Hij landde niet goed en ging later onderuit na een viervoudige lutz.

• Defender’s current contract expires at end of the season

• ‘We wouldn’t be in talks if we didn’t want him to stay’

Arne Slot has described Ibrahima Konaté as “vital” to Liverpool and the club has not given up hope of convincing the defender to sign a new contract.

Konaté has endured a tough time on and off the pitch this season but has impressed since returning from compassionate leave against Newcastle following the death of his father. Liverpool’s central-defensive rebuild is under way with the signings of Giovanni Leoni and Jérémy Jacquet, for an initial £26m and £55m respectively, but Slot insists Konaté remains an essential part of his plans.

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• Heavy US favorite falls twice in the free skate

• Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov claims shock title

For nearly two years, Ilia Malinin has made men’s figure skating feel predictable in the most spectacular of ways. On Friday night on the southern outskirts of Milan, the Olympic Games reminded the sport, and perhaps Malinin himself, that predictability is never guaranteed on its biggest stage.

The overwhelming favorite entering the free skate, the 21-year-old American instead saw the Olympic title slip away to Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov after an error-strewn performance that will go down among the biggest upsets in modern figure skating history.

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Berlin film festival: Shahrbanoo Sadat is a charming presence in front of the camera and a skilled film-maker behind in this shrewd and contemporary tale

The Afghan film-maker Shahrbanoo Sadat is a warm and approachable presence as writer, director and star of No Good Men – a tale of Afghanistan’s women in 2021 as they are about to be surrendered to the Taliban with the withdrawal of US troops.

It’s an urgent tale, which incidentally closes with a fervent finale reminiscent of Casablanca – although the central turnaround in the male lead’s heart, gallantly disproving the title, is maybe a bit smooth.

No Good Men is screening at the Berlin film festival and will be released at a later date

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