Yeah it is

didn't open the article???

"It is famously the plot of the Black Mirror episode “Be Right Back”, where a young woman uses a service to scrape data from her deceased partner to create a chatbot – and eventually a robot."

Microsoft is a bit slow. Author Jack McDevitt has been writing about online avatars, people can leave if they so desire.
It's a little scary thinking Microsoft is gonna patent that though.

That should be the now deceased person's choice... not Microsoft's.



List of the books this occurs in...

Polaris (2004)
Seeker (2005)
The Devil's Eye (2008)
Echo (2010)
Firebird (2011)
Coming Home (2014)
Octavia Gone (2019)