AFPA food bank in Toronto (illustrative)
NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 19:57
Microsoft has removed an article that provided erroneous travel tips for the Canadian city of Ottawa. The article was on the MSN home page and gave, among other things, a tip to go to the food bank as an outing. It turned out to be one of many errors in an artificial intelligence (AI) generated article.
The article was featured on MSN’s UK home page and was titled “Going to Ottawa? Don’t miss these things”. In third place, the food bank was mentioned, including the sentence: “Life is difficult enough. Consider entering here on an empty stomach.”
‘Not checked’
The presence of the food bank on the list of tips is due to an error of the artificial intelligence that Microsoft uses. The company fired several journalists in 2020. Since then, more and more articles have been written by AI, but they are still checked by humans before they go online. “The article has been removed and we are investigating how it passed our review,” a Microsoft spokesperson said The Verge.
The sentence referenced in the AI article is likely a poorly rewritten version of the Ottawa Food Bank website, which states, “Life is challenging enough as it is. Imagine having to face those challenges on an empty stomach.” engage.”
But that’s not the only flaw in the article. For example, a tip about Rideau Canal, a historic canal that runs through downtown Ottawa, includes a photo of the Rideau River, reports CBC. This flows in another place near the city.
Also, the recommendation of an annual winter festival talks about “the biggest snow in North America”. There is a park with snow, but “the largest snow in North America” seems to be another interpretation error of artificial intelligence.
Untrustworthy news websites
Large media companies are experimenting with the use of artificial intelligence when writing articles, but are reluctant to do so. However, more and more articles written by AI appear on untrustworthy news websites that are solely intended to generate advertising revenue, so-called content farms. The use of popular keywords in such articles should ensure that they are clicked as much as possible.
2023-08-18 17:57:41
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