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Family Urges Meta to Remove Instagram AI Mimicking Sushant Singh Rajput

The still-live bot has drawn over 550,000 interactions by replying in his voice from public material.

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Overview

  • An AI persona in Instagram’s Discover AI section lets users ask questions and receive responses in the late actor’s conversational style.
  • Mid-Day reports the system draws on Rajput’s publicly available interviews, tweets, posts and speeches to shape its replies.
  • Rajput’s family has reportedly sent a letter to Meta India calling the feature insensitive and requesting its removal.
  • An unnamed Meta insider told reporters the recreation is distressing for the family and said the company has not yet decided on a response.
  • Usage rose around the June anniversary of his death, and outlets noted no formal family statement had been issued by publication time.