Restaurants have been serving up fake food ads for decades—AI slop is just the latest special

Generative AI gives restaurants a cheap alternative to food photography, but customers may prefer an imperfect photo of a meal that actually existed.

Restaurants are using AI to advertise their food and it’s making people sick

Image generators can be very bad at whetting diners’ appetites, rendering wings that look like they were ‘recovered from the reactor core.’ ...