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- 1Restaurants Turn to AI Food Ads, Diners Recoil●Restaurants Are Using AI to Advertise Their Food and It's Making People Sick
Restaurants are increasingly using AI image generators to create advertisements for their food, and the results are putting customers off. Reports say AI-generated images of dishes look unnatural and unappetising, with diners expressing disgust at glossy, distorted portrayals of meals. The Wall Street Journal covers the trend, noting a backlash as businesses trade authentic food photography for cheaper automated imagery, alienating the very customers the ads are meant to attract.
- 2China's Grilled Ice Cube Street Snack Baffles Internet▼'Challenging Science' : China's Grilled Ice Cubes Street Snack Leaves Internet Confused
A Chinese street food vendor has gone viral for selling grilled ice cubes, a snack that melts as it is cooked and seasoned. Reports describe the dish as 'challenging science', and viewers online are split between amusement and confusion over why anyone would grill ice. The unusual treat has sparked widespread debate about novelty street food trends in China.
- 3St. Pete City Council explores robot food delivery●Could robots soon deliver food in St. Pete? City Council wants to explore
St. Petersburg's City Council is looking into allowing robots to deliver food on the city's streets, according to the Tampa Bay Times. The idea would put small sidewalk delivery robots to work carrying orders from local restaurants to customers. Council members want the city to explore the concept before any rules or pilot programs are considered.
- 4Danny Meyer Reflects on Lessons From Closing a Restaurant●Danny Meyer Has Opened Many Hit Restaurants. What He Learned By Closing One.
Restaurateur Danny Meyer, known for founding Union Square Hospitality Group and Shake Shack, has spoken about what he learned from closing one of his restaurants. The Wall Street Journal reports on his reflections, offering insight into how a restaurateur celebrated for hit openings processes a failure, and what closures teach about the hospitality business.