Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly building an AI clone to replace him in meetings

The Verge / 4/13/2026

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Key Points

  • A Financial Times report says Meta is training an AI avatar of Mark Zuckerberg using his image and voice, plus his mannerisms, tone, and public statements, to interact with employees and provide feedback.
  • The goal is to make employees feel more connected to the founder through these AI-mediated interactions.
  • The report suggests Meta could expand the concept by allowing creators to generate their own AI avatars if the Zuckerberg experiment works.
  • Meta previously demonstrated AI creator personas in 2024, indicating this effort is part of an ongoing exploration of interactive AI identities.
Graphic collage of Mark Zuckerberg.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg could soon have an AI clone of himself to interact with and provide feedback to employees, according to a report from the Financial Times. Sources tell the outlet that Meta is training the AI avatar on Zuckerberg's image and voice, along with his mannerisms, tone, and public statements, "so that employees might feel more connected to the founder through interactions with it."

Meta may start allowing creators to make AI avatars of themselves if the experiment with Zuckerberg succeeds, according to the Financial Times. In 2024, Meta showed off a live demo of what an AI persona of a creator might look like. It also sta …

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