Maybe humans are not so bad
The Chicago Sun-Times and Philadelphia Inquirer took reputational hits when May 2025 editions featured a special section that included a summer reading list recommending books that don’t exist. The Chicago Sun-Times explained that the syndicated section, “Heat Index: Your Guide to the Best of Summer,” was provided by King Features Syndicate, a unit of Hearst. Marco Buscaglia, the author of the special section, admitted he used AI to assist putting it together, including the recommended reading list, and failed to fact check the output. Most books on the list, were hallucinated by AI. The newsrooms of both papers said they had nothing to do with the insert, though neither paper marked it as advertorial content.
McDonald’s ends AI experiment after drive-thru ordering blunders -After working with IBM for three years to leverage AI to take drive-thru orders, McDonald’s called the whole thing off in June 2024. The reason? A slew of social media videos showing confused and frustrated customers trying to get the AI to understand their orders. One TikTok video in particular featured two people repeatedly pleading with the AI to stop as it kept adding more Chicken McNuggets to their order, eventually reaching 260 boxes.
Air Canada pays damages for chatbot lies – In February 2024, Air Canada was ordered to pay damages to a passenger after its virtual assistant gave him incorrect information at a particularly difficult time. Jake Moffatt consulted Air Canada’s virtual assistant about bereavement fares following the death of his grandmother in November 2023. The chatbot told him he could buy a regular price ticket from Vancouver to Toronto and apply for a bereavement discount within 90 days of purchase. Air Canada argued it can’t be held liable for the information provided by its chatbot. The court denied that argument, saying the airline didn’t take “reasonable care to ensure its chatbot was accurate,” so he ordered the airline to pay Moffatt CA$812.02, including CA$650.88 in damages.
ChatGPT hallucinates court cases – Advances made since 2023 stoked widespread interest in the transformative potential of gen AI across nearly every industry. OpenAI’s ChatGPT was at the center of this surge in interest, but the technology still has a long way to go before it can reliably override most processes, as attorney Steven Schwartz learned when he found himself in hot water with US District Judge Kevin Castel after using it to research precedents in a suit against Colombian airline Avianca. Schwartz, used the OpenAI gen AI chatbot to find precedent to support a case filed by Avianca employee Roberto Mata for injuries he sustained in 2019. But at least six of the cases submitted in the brief didn’t exist. Castel noted the cases submitted by Schwartz included false names and docket numbers, along with bogus internal citations and quotes. In an affidavit, Schwartz told the court it was the first time he used ChatGPT as a legal research source and was unaware of the possibility that its content could be false. In June 2023, Judge Castel imposed a $5,000 fine on Schwartz and LoDuca, and in a separate ruling in June, he dismissed Mata’s lawsuit against Avianca.
Intelligent Artificial Humor
Studies show that 75 percent of blondes have lower-than-average intelligence.
Luckily, I’m a blonde and I’m in the remaining 35%.
What’s the opposite of artificial intelligence?
Natural stupidity!
Why are the artificial intelligent computers in movies always female?
Because they’re never wrong.
Did you know that Facebook IQ tests can actually tell a lot about your intelligence?
If you believe the results, it means you’re not very intelligent.
September 10th Birthdays
1982 – Misty Copeland, 1953 – Amy Irving, 1974 – Jill Chartier, 1970 – Paula Kelley
1949 – Bill O’Rielly, 1945 – José Feliciano, 1960 – Colin Firth, 1964 – Jack Ma