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Side of slop? Bizarre AI food images jump from online to IRL menus

Small businesses are using AI-made food images to cut design costs, but some customers and designers say the results look unsettling.

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AI “slop” is now increasingly on offer at brick-and-mortar establishments.

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There is something horrifying about the texture of foods in these AI-made menus that often even worms remember. A study this year from Scientific Reports corroborates this, illustration of foods made by AI were considered less appetizing and less realistic for most respondents.

·Lisboa, Portugal
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Side of slop? Bizarre AI food images jump from online to IRL menus

AI “slop” is now increasingly on offer at brick-and-mortar establishments.

·New York, United States
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