Uncanny and unappetizing: appetites spoil as AI images take over food menus

byproxy

Wow. I was just planning on getting some food for an event Saturday evening and was looking through Doordash/Grubhub for spots nearby and so many of the menu "pictures" were AI-generated and really made me feel queasy. I had to stop the search after a while because I was getting plain disgusted! Glad it ain't just me (... well, not glad cuz this sucks, but nice to know I'm not particularly sensitive).

goosejuice

Smart phone cameras are very capable of food photography at the level required here. This is just bad business sense. That said, if you compare any mainstream fast food joint's photos to their actual meals you'll be equally disappointed and occasionally disgusted.

account42

I don't get why they all have to use the same over-sharpened fake looking style on top of being slop.

RicoElectrico

This is everywhere now and I updated a classic XKCD: https://wykop.pl/cdn/c3201142/ff8a54cc85baff6d988770edf500dc...

7373737373

Time for Japanese laws - like the Act Against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations: https://boingboing.net/2026/04/08/japans-truth-in-packaging-...

akk0

Whenever I see a menu like this I can only imagine how grotesque the actual food must be if this is preferable to a picture of it!