Fortune throws its hat into the obituary slop ring.

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Blackstone’s Wesley LePatner, 43, died yesterday in a mass shooting. Bloomberg wrote her a real obit (and says she’s 43, as do The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal); Fortune generated some AI slop that says she’s 44. As of this writing, the Fortune obit also contained the following paragraph: > New York Rep. Ritchie Torres posted on social media that LePatner “represented the very best of New York.” Callin…

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Fortune throws its hat into the obituary slop ring.
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