{"id":24746,"date":"2026-09-06T13:37:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T11:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/06\/uncanny-and-unappetizing-appetites-spoil-as-ai-images-take-over-food-menus\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T13:37:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T11:37:33","slug":"uncanny-and-unappetizing-appetites-spoil-as-ai-images-take-over-food-menus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/06\/uncanny-and-unappetizing-appetites-spoil-as-ai-images-take-over-food-menus\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncanny and unappetizing: appetites spoil as AI images take over food menus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Consumers are increasingly encountering AI-generated images on food menus such as leathery meat and bread resembling reptile skin<\/p>\n

During a recent lunch break, Jill Sennett saw something so unappetizing she had to share it with her 26,000 X followers<\/a>: Artificial intelligence-generated menu images from a Jamaican barbecue pop-up restaurant in which the meats looked like leather belts crawling with tiny beetles.<\/p>\n

The images were reshared by more than 500 people who similarly expressed their disgust. Eating is \u201csuch an essential human experience\u201d, said Sennett, a 37-year-old nurse in Denver. \u201cI think it\u2019s a bad cultural thing that restaurants are converting to these horrific, uncanny food images that are unappetizing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nConsumers are increasingly encountering AI-generated images on food menus such as leathery meat and bread resembling reptile skin
\nDuring a recent lunch break, Jill Sennett saw something so unappetizing she had to share it with her 26,000 X followers: Artificial intelligence-generated menu images from a Jamaican barbecue pop-up restaurant in which the meats looked like leather belts crawling with tiny beetles.
\nThe images were reshared by more than 500 people who similarly expressed their disgust. Eating is \u201csuch an essential human experience\u201d, said Sennett, a 37-year-old nurse in Denver. \u201cI think it\u2019s a bad cultural thing that restaurants are converting to these horrific, uncanny food images that are unappetizing.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Consumers are increasingly encountering AI-generated images on food menus such as leathery meat and bread resembling reptile skin During a recent lunch break, Jill Sennett saw something so unappetizing she had to share it with her 26,000 X followers: Artificial intelligence-generated menu images from a Jamaican barbecue pop-up restaurant in which the meats looked like …<\/p>\n

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