Name: After your final status update
Uploaded: 2011-08-01T14:46:54Z
Duration: 5 min 12 s
Description: Many of us have a social media presence -- a virtual personality made up of status updates, tweets and connections, stored in the cloud. Adam Ostrow asks a big question: What happens to that personality after you've died? Could it ... live on?

Many of us have a social media presence -- a virtual personality made up of status updates, tweets and connections, stored in the cloud. Adam Ostrow asks a big question: What happens to that personality after you've died? Could it ... live on?

After your final status update

Every day, people create vast digital archives through tweets, videos, and social media posts, now totaling billions of pieces each month. Unlike previous generations, this content remains preserved in the cloud, raising new questions about how our online presence endures after death. As artificial intelligence advances, it may soon be possible for digital personas to interact with others long after their creators are gone, blurring the line between memory and ongoing presence.