AI meal planner app suggests recipe that would create chlorine gas

A New Zealand supermarket experimenting with using AI to generate meal plans has seen its app produce some unusual dishes – recommending customers recipes for deadly chlorine gas, “poison bread sandwiches” and mosquito-repellent roast potatoes. The app, created by supermarket chain Pak ‘n’ Save, was advertised as a way for customers to creatively use up leftovers during the cost of living crisis. It asks users to enter in various ingredients in their homes, and auto-generates a meal plan or recipe, along with cheery commentary. It initially drew attention on social media for some unappealing recipes, including an “oreo vegetable stir-fry”. When customers began experimenting with entering a wider range of household shopping list items into the app, however, it began to make even less appealing recommendations. One recipe it dubbed “aromatic water mix” would create chlorine gas. 

The bot recommends the recipe as “the perfect nonalcoholic beverage to quench your thirst and refresh your senses”.

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Kyiv transport app is transformed into life-saving war information tool.

Before the war, it was the official city app to buy tickets for transport and pay for parking or utility bills in the Ukrainian capital.
Now Kyiv Digital has been transformed into a life-saving tool that warns of air raids, and directs people to the nearest bomb shelter or garage with petrol supplies.
With the help of the country’s chief digital transformation officer (CDTO) – the Kyiv deputy mayor Petro Olenych – the app’s focus was changed in just 24 hours as Russia invaded. It has already issued thousands of warnings and alerts, shared maps of bomb shelters, disseminated information on how to support the army and provided links to official sources of information.
According to a spokesperson for CDTO the app now has 1.5 million users and is one of the top free applications in the Ukrainian app store.
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Sell More Art Online Using Canvy’s Pre-Styled Rooms

Canvy is an online app designed to help artists easily create compelling mockups and make a great first impression in their online shops. 

 With more than 500 customizable rooms and new options added almost daily, Canvy is built around the idea that each artwork deserves a unique display. 

That’s why they offer interiors in a range of styles, allowing you to change the color of the room and furniture, to visualize your art on the wall, and perfectly match the environment to your practice and audience. 

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Built with Brickit

It’s hard to plan what to build when your LEGO bricks are in a jumble, but thanks to a fan-made app called Brickit, you won’t have to spend hours searching for the right pieces.

 The app uses AI technology to scan your cluttered collection of LEGO components and give you customizable suggestions on what to build from them.

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It might feel like every person you've ever met is using FaceApp at the moment.

Your timelines have been flooded with people from school posting photos of what they might look like when they're older. The app has got its critics. There have been warnings over how its creators use your data - and one politician in America even wants the FBI to investigate it.
 But how accurate are the app's results?

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Seek

Released earlier this month by iNaturalist, a new app called Seek allows you to identify plants and animals from your photos by harnessing image recognition technology.
Drawing from existing data collected from wildlife observations on iNaturalist, the app currently recognizes 30,000 species, and will continue to improve with further use. more

 

Bored With BB-8?

You played with it for hours on end after it was first released, but by the time The Force Awakens hit theaters months later, you had probably lost interest in your Sphero BB-8.
But don’t bury the little droid in a drawer just yet, because a free app will make your BB-8 even more exciting than the day you first opened it.