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.” Calling her a “distinguished professional,” he honored her sense of civics, as a “. She left a lasting impact wherever she went: as a senior executive at Blackstone, a “devoted congregant” at the Altneu synagogue and a dedicated board member at the Heschel School.
Guess Fortune has decided to compete with the obituary spammers. “An editor verified the accuracy of the information before publishing,” the note about AI use reads.
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