Imperfect AI-generated food images are unsettling, falling into the uncanny valley—where realism meets discomfort. Could food neophobia be driving our aversion to these digital dishes?

With the Global Nutrition and Hydration Week 2024 starting today, researchers have announced an intriguing discovery -- consumers generally prefer AI-generated images of food over real food images ...

Some of the images looked like food ... and unlike AI, they can actually eat. The Biggest Los Angeles Restaurant Openings in May 2025 A celebrity backed barbecue spot in Century City, fine ...

Everybody knows how important the visual appearance of food ... s a specific AI tool that allows images of succulent dishes to be created based on just a few words. Dripping with barbecue sauce ...

Some phones have a setting for photographing food, and yet it's often tricky to make it look realistic, let alone appetizing. AI appears to be much better at this. Robert Günther/dpa 35,180 ...

Contrary to Swiggy, food aggregator Zomato has taken a more ethical approach to AI-generated food image usage by banning restaurants from using such images to display items on their menu.

Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal announced on Sunday that the platform will remove AI-generated food images from its listings following a wave of customer complaints. The move comes after users ...

Following customer complaints about artificial intelligence (AI)-generated food images, Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal announced that the platform will be removing all the artificially generated ...