Fauxbituaries

When Markus's good friend died suddenly, he went online to get more information. What he found was several AI written obituaries on dodgy looking websites with a litany of factual inaccuracies. Who is making these, and why? And is there anything that can be done to stop them?
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LINKS:

• Joe Supan on fake obituaries (cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/features/d…)

• Craig Silverman's Newsletter, Indicator (indicator.media)

• Joshua Braun on fake news and ad technology (journalismresearchnews.org/article-how-adverti…)

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