MSN Fires Editors, Publishes Cruel, AI-Generated Obituary for Former NBA Player

MSN published a cruel, AI-generated obituary for former NBA player Brandon Hunter after his death at 42.
The obituary called Hunter "useless" and was poorly written with awkward phrasing and grammar.
MSN fired its human editors in 2020, leading to embarrassing AI-written stories being published.
The cruel obituary was likely generated by AI tools without human oversight.
Despite limitations, companies are using AI tools like ChatGPT to replace human writers and editors.

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