AI ranks food bank as tourist attraction

An AI-generated Microsoft Travel post (now pulled) on Microsoft Start is in the news for listing a local food bank as a tourist attraction in Ottawa.  To quote:

In Ottawa you will find some beautiful attractions that you just cannot miss! Places like The Winterlude Festival, National War Memorial, and Ottawa Food Bank and many more.

What’s more, in making the case for the food bank, it suggests visiting it “on an empty stomach”.

The organization has been collecting, purchasing, producing, and delivering food to needy people and families in the Ottawa area since 1984. We observe how hunger impacts men, women, and children on a daily basis, and how it may be a barrier to achievement. People who come to us have jobs and families to support, as well as expenses to pay. Life is already difficult enough. Consider going into it on an empty stomach.