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A supermarket’s AI app has recommended that customers create recipes for deadly chlorine gas, “poison bread sandwiches” and mosquito-repellent roast potatoes. The app, created by New Zealand supermarket chain Pak ‘n’ Save, tells customers to enter various ingredients in their homes, and auto-generates a recipe, along “with cheery commentary”, said The Guardian. A spokesperson for the supermarket said a “small minority” has “tried to use the tool inappropriately and not for its intended purpose”.
