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☆ MSN readers are furious after an apparently AI-generated headline said 'Brandon Hunter useless at 42' after the former NBA player suddenly died
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

MSN readers called out the site for publishing a story they believe was written by AI. The story's headline describes the late NBA player Brandon Hunter as "useless." "Brandon Hunter useless at 42," the headline read. A former NBA player dies young, and AI writes this headline:"Brandon Hunter useless at 42"And check that prose:"Former NBA participant Brandon Hunter who beforehand performed for the Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic, has handed away on the age of 42." https://t.co/xEvVVHo9DP pic.twitter.com/EiKlZEhluS — Joshua Benton (@jbenton) September 14, 2023It described Hunter as a "former NBA participant" who was "handed away on the age of 42."

Persons: Brandon Hunter, xEvVVHo9DP, EiKlZEhluS — Joshua Benton, Hunter, it's Organizations: NBA, Microsoft, Service, MSN, Boston Celtics, Orlando Magic, Twitter, Ottawa Food Bank, TMZ Locations: Wall, Silicon, @jbenton

☆ A disturbing AI phenomenon could completely upend the internet as we know it
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Generative AI could soon be trained on AI-generated content — and experts are raising the alarm. The new term comes as AI-generated content filled with errors continues to flood the internet. Other AI researchers have coined their own terms to describe the training method. Jathan Sadowski, a senior fellow at the Emerging Technologies Research Lab in Australia who researches AI, called this phenomenon "Habsburg AI," arguing that AI systems heavily trained on outputs of other generative AI tools can create "inbred mutant" responses that contain "exaggerated, grotesque features." These new terms come as AI-generated content has flooded the internet since OpenAI launched ChatGPT last November.

Persons: Jathan, paywalls, Ray Wang, Baji, Cohere, OpenAI, ChatGPT, It's, Gizmodo, Kai, Cheng Yang, OpenAI's chatbot, Yang Organizations: University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Stanford, Rice, Emerging Technologies, Constellation Research, CNET, Microsoft, Ottawa Food Bank Locations: Australia, Ottawa

☆ Microsoft took down a string of embarrassing travel articles created with 'algorithmic techniques.' But it says AI isn't the problem.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Nathan Mcalone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Microsoft took down a string of embarrassing and offensive travel articles last week. The company said the articles were not published by "unsupervised AI" and blamed "human error." Last week, Microsoft took down a string of articles published by "Microsoft Travel" that included a bizarre recommendation for visitors to Ottawa to visit the Ottawa Food Bank and to "consider going into it on an empty stomach." "This article has been removed and we have identified that the issue was due to human error," a Microsoft spokesperson said. Based on the examples I found, whatever human controls Microsoft had in place were so minimal as to be functionally useless.

Persons: Paris Marx, isn't, Lucia Moses, Kai Xiang Teo Organizations: Microsoft, Morning, Ottawa Food Bank, MSN, CNET Locations: Ottawa, Montreal, Canada, Anchorage, Tokyo

☆ Microsoft has pulled an AI-written travel guide, which told tourists to visit the Ottawa Food Bank if they are hungry
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Microsoft has pulled an AI-written travel article that recommended the Ottawa Food Bank as a tourist attraction for the city. "Consider going into it on an empty stomach," wrote the article on the food bank. that recommended the city's food bank as a top tourist attraction. The now-deleted article — which was previously published on Microsoft Start — suggested attractions like "The Winterlude Festival, National War Memorial, and Ottawa Food Bank, and many more." The Ottawa Food Bank was the third attraction on the list and included a caption that said, "Life is already difficult enough.

Persons: Jeff Jones, Microsoft's, Paris Marx Organizations: Microsoft, Ottawa Food Bank, Morning, MSN, Tech, CNET, Gizmodo Locations: Ottawa

[1/5] Volunteers fill boxes with donated food at the Ottawa Food Bank warehouse in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada October 27, 2022. Demand has surged 33% at the Ottawa Food Bank from pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels, with visits up as spiraling grocery, gas and rent prices, along with fast-rising borrowing costs, leave more Canadians struggling to make ends meet. "That's because the cost of food has risen ... but also because of the number of people that are turning to a food bank right now," said Wilson. "Our wholesalers are definitely more tentative about spending money," said Farnell. "Everyone's nervous ... Will people be spending money?

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