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A poll generated by artificial intelligence, embedded next to a Guardian article on Microsoft’s news aggregator platform, asked readers to speculate on the cause of a woman’s death.
The company's choice to use automation over human editors appears to be behind the site’s recent amplification of false and bizarre stories.
The Guardian submitted a complaint to Microsoft on Tuesday after a grotesquely inappropriate AI-generated poll next to a Guardian article.
An article by The Guardian covering the unfortunate passing of a young woman was featured in Microsoft Start, and alongside it was an AI-generated poll asking readers to vote on how she died.
The Guardian says a “disgusting” Microsoft AI-generated poll that showed up next to an article about a woman’s death was misleading to readers.