{
  "id": 5537991,
  "title": "Why AI food looks like that",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/why-ai-food-looks-like-that",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-04T11:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/989376/ai-generated-food-why-does-it-look-like-that"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "There is a torrent of unappetizing slop coming from restaurants, cafes, and brands that are increasingly turning to AI to generate images promoting their food. The resulting horror show includes donut shrimp, Reubens from the deep, wormlike noodles, and noodle-like pastries and stringy chicken. There's also construction material masquerading as ice cream, ice cream masquerading […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}