"A New Zealand supermarket experimenting with using AI to generate meal plans has seen its app produce some unusual dishes – recommending customers recipes for deadly chlorine gas, 'poison bread sandwiches' and mosquito-repellent roast potatoes. …
One recipe it dubbed 'aromatic water mix' would create chlorine gas. The bot recommends the recipe as 'the perfect nonalcoholic beverage to quench your thirst and refresh your senses.'"
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/10/pak-n-save-savey-meal-bot-ai-app-malfunction-recipes
"'Serve chilled and enjoy the refreshing fragrance,' it says, but does not note that inhaling chlorine gas can cause lung damage or death. …
In a warning notice appended to the meal-planner, it warns that the recipes 'are not reviewed by a human being' and that the company does not guarantee 'that any recipe will be a complete or balanced meal, or suitable for consumption.'"
Yum! Eat up!
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