a food photo. Insider asked it to create an image of "a burger with blue cheese and bacon" on a "brown" background. Style and background suggestions are optional. The request proved tricky for the ...

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?

Some of the images looked like food; none of them looked edible. “The familiar but slightly-off images are maybe the most disturbing.” All moral concerns aside, for the time being, at least ...