A tour company in Australia found itself in hot water after an AI-generated blog on its website recommended nonexistent hot springs to tourists. The blog, which has since been deleted, appeared on the Tasmania Tours website and touted the Weldborough Hot Springs as a tranquil haven in the forests of northeast Tasmania, a favorite among hikers. Weldborough is a small rural town about 110 kilometers from Launceston.
Screenshots of the blog post shared with CNN revealed the AI's fabricated recommendations. The incident highlights the potential pitfalls of relying on artificial intelligence for content creation without proper oversight and verification.
In other news, Western Sugar ten years prior made the move from on-premise SAP ECC to SAP S4HANA Cloud Public Edition. According to VentureBeat, this early cloud adoption is now proving to be the foundation for Western Sugar's AI transformation. Richard Caluori, Director of Corporate Controlling, stated the company was trying to escape "a trainwreck: a heavily customized ERP system so laden with custom ABAP code that it had become unupgradable."
MIT Technology Review reported on the growing interest in next-generation nuclear power plants as a potential energy source for the massive data centers required by AI. These next-generation plants could be cheaper to construct and safer to operate than their predecessors. The discussion included Amy Nordrum, Executive Editor, Operations; Casey Crownhart, Senior Climate Reporter; and Mat HonanEditor in Chief.
Also from MIT Technology Review, the Vitalism movement was explored, a movement established by Nathan Cheng and his colleague Adam Gries a few years ago. The movement is a sweeping mission to which nothing short of total devotion.
Fortune reported that the current Administration is stripping the capital out of capitalism. In a recent conversation with Reuters, it was warned that the White House and the SEC are effectively disassembling the machinery of our public markets.
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