GoKawiilAI-generated food photos flood restaurant menus, alarming diners
Restaurant menus, especially on delivery apps like DoorDash and Uber Eats, are increasingly filled with AI-generated food images that look distorted, unappetizing, or downright bizarre. Owners are turning to these tools instead of paying for professional photography to boost visibility online, but the results—odd textures, strange holes, unnatural cuts of meat—are going viral for looking grotesque rather than appealing. Popmenu CEO Brendan Sweeney notes that multiple unrelated pizza shops have even ended up using the identical AI-generated stock image.