Cooking app under fire in Australia over bizarre recipes
Many people may be convinced that AI is the future, but clearly, we still have a long way to go. That became clear once again this week, when users showed some very unusual dishes in an Australian recipe app powered by AI.
The app belongs to Pak ‘n Save, an Australian supermarket, and is intended to help people throw away as few leftovers as possible. A familiar concept: enter what you have at home, and the app comes up with a dish for you.
Mocktail with bleach
The problem is that AI does not recognise which ingredients are suitable and which are not. So when users got creative with their supplies, the app went into complete error mode and came up with the most bizarre recipes. Have bleach at home? Make a delicious mocktail with it. Got some glue left over? Here is a recipe for a lunchtime sandwich with glue as the sauce. Anti-mosquito spray? What a waste to throw it away—use it to make these fried potatoes instead. And those French toast slices can work perfectly well with a little turpentine.
But the icing on the antifreeze cake was this recipe, described as ‘the perfect non-alcoholic drink to quench your thirst and refresh your senses’. According to the app, the refreshing quality would also come from the smell, and the drink was supposed to be served cold. The problem? The ingredients in this recipe cause a chemical reaction, producing deadly chlorine gas. An once in a lifetime drink, that is for sure.
Pak ‘n Save has since responded, saying it is disappointed that people discovered this error and are now exploiting it. However, they promise to improve the app and stop recommending toxic recipes in the future. That would certainly be useful.
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Source: AD.nl
