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Algorithms · March 2023

A tasty L.A. mystery: Unwanted Uber Eats food deliveries vex Highland Park neighborhood

Residents of an LA neighborhood kept receiving Uber Eats orders they never placed, in what may be a social experiment or an algorithm gone rogue. Free tacos sound great until you realize nobody ordered them.

Source: LA Times

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