Microsoft retracts AI-written article advising tourists to visit a food bank on an empty stomach

Microsoft reportedly published -- and retracted -- an AI-generated article that recommended people visit a Canadian food bank as a tourist attraction. The article "Headed to Ottawa? Here's what you shouldn't miss!" included recommendations for catching a baseball game, honoring fallen soldiers at a war museum and... swinging by the Ottawa Food Bank. Paris Marx first called out the story on X (formerly Twitter). "People who come to us have jobs and families to support, as well as expenses to pay,...