Just Eat has paused an AI tool that generated menu images for restaurants on its UK platform after it produced surreal results, Restaurant Online reports: fried eggs and sausages floating in cola for a "breakfast soda", a tiny burger inside a sauce pot, cheese-filled sushi and wine glasses holding watermelon. The tool was meant to help small independents add pictures without paying for photography. "We're sorry for any inaccurate images," a spokesperson said; affected images were removed.

In Chicago, the Tribune finds AI-generated food photos spreading across restaurant menu boards and signs, with burgers, burritos and shrimp that look plainly synthetic. Jay Goldberg of Chicago Culinary Kitchen in Palatine told the paper AI is fine for flyers, "but the second you're going to just bait and switch me with your food, I don't trust you as a business."