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Meta | Will Zuckerberg's AI clone really boost connection with employees?

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Meta’s reported plan to create an AI version of Mark Zuckerberg - a bot which will allow employees to ask the company founder questions and respond in his tone and with his mannerism - is one of those ideas that feels both inevitable and unsettling.

On paper, the logic is straightforward. In a company of nearly 80,000 people, access to the chief executive is heavily limited. If an AI replica of him can answer questions, explain strategy, and communicate in a familiar tone, it promises something most employees never realistically get: proximity to the firm’s leadership.

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