GrabFood’s AI-generated photos draw negative reactions from users in S’pore


One Reddit user commented that the AI images ‘looked very unappetising’, while other netizens questioned its quality. — Photos: Marlix6754/Reddit/The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE: GrabFood has been trialling the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to generate photos of food on its platform, but several users have found the selection hard to digest.

In a post on Reddit on Saturday (May 6), user Marlix6754 mentioned coming across the photos on the page of an undisclosed food store while looking through options on the platform.

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