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What Next TBD: Google’s Scam Obituary Problem

Slate Technology

Slate

Society & Culture, Technology, History

4.6636 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Why scam obituaries are edging out earnest ones, with the help of artificial intelligence and an adept Google game. Guest: Mia Sato, reporter for The Verge. Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.6

Beth Mazur and Brian Vastig were very close. They'd been good friends, were even married for a bit,

1:09.0

and they were also advocates for chronic fatigue syndrome,

1:12.6

an illness that Beth had struggled with for most of her life. But in late 2023, their friends

1:18.9

began receiving alarming news about both of them. Friends of the couple started seeing news online

1:26.9

that said, sadly, both of them had passed away.

1:30.7

That's Miyasato, who writes for The Verge.

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