Microsoft AI suggests food bank as a cannot miss tourist spot in Canada

News Summary

Microsoft posted an AI generated article about the attractions of Ottawa that includes the Ottawa Food Bank a real charitable organization that feeds struggling families
The article is credited to Microsoft Travel and it is likely the product of a large language model LLM a type of AI model trained on a vast scrape of text found on the Internet
Microsoft has been experimenting with integrating AI generated content into its online publications and services such as adding AI generated stories to Bing Search and including AI generated App review summaries on the Microsoft Store
Microsoft Travel appears to be another production use of generative AI technology

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