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A pop-up restaurant lets patrons speed-date AI avatars

development2026-02-16

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EVA AI opened a Hell's Kitchen pop-up where patrons speed-dated AI avatars for Valentine's Day, while Meta was granted a patent for models that keep deceased users' accounts posting and simulating calls after death.

Reporting date: 2026-02-16 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to February 16, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Welcome to February 16, 2026

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Welcome to February 16, 2026

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A pop-up restaurant lets patrons speed-date AI avatars
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Reporting date: 2026-02-16
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-02-16-speed-dating-ai-avatars
Claim: EVA AI opened a Hell's Kitchen pop-up where patrons speed-dated AI avatars for Valentine's Day, while Meta was granted a patent for models that keep deceased users' accounts posting and simulating calls after death.
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- Welcome to February 16, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-february-16-2026
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