<story><title>Microsoft AI suggests Ottawa food bank as a “cannot miss” tourist spot</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/microsoft-ai-suggests-food-bank-as-a-cannot-miss-tourist-spot-in-canada/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>throwthat1</author><text>Reminds me of the time someone blocked a road on Google maps by bringing a bunch of phones and staying still (or something along these lines).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mabbo</author><text>&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtu.be&amp;#x2F;k5eL_al_m7Q&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtu.be&amp;#x2F;k5eL_al_m7Q&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;He put 99 smart phones in a wagon with all of them running Google maps in drive mode. Google interpreted this as a traffic jam, and made other cars avoid the area.</text></comment>
<story><title>Microsoft AI suggests Ottawa food bank as a “cannot miss” tourist spot</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/microsoft-ai-suggests-food-bank-as-a-cannot-miss-tourist-spot-in-canada/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>throwthat1</author><text>Reminds me of the time someone blocked a road on Google maps by bringing a bunch of phones and staying still (or something along these lines).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>wishfish</author><text>During the solar eclipse of 2017, I drove to a small town in eastern Nebraska. The town had a 10k race that day. There were about 3 cars, including mine, on this stretch of road. Stop-and-going inbetween the runners. While my wife drove, I watched Google Maps. It accurately put a short red line on our part of the road. Amused me though that it only took 3 cars to accomplish that.</text></comment>