Ridiculous, but it’s also like fast food commercials. If you think the meal you’re getting from Burger King will look anything like the commercial you saw, you might just also believe these AI Uber Eats menu photos.

Yeah, but people expect it to look like what's supposed to be a picture of someone else's...

That was literally the whole point of user uploaded pics, to see what you actually get

Now peoples expectations will be higher, and initially they'll order when they wouldn't have. But it won't take many orders for someone to always feel disappointed and associate that with the app.

This is a very short term focused change, and it's not gonna work out well

Effect No. 1: vendors gets review bombed with "looks nothing like what I ordered".

Effect No. 2: Sales drop.

Yeah, but its 'AI', so corporate says we gotta throw money at it, STAT!

payments for user-submitted photos.

Didn't know this was thing. Is this US-specific?

No, no. The title says the reviews will also have AI.
"I'm sorry for ordering the wrong meal, I should have ordered the one you brought me. You are absolutely correct."

Once an order has been received, merchants can then initiate real-time communications to clarify any special requests, check dietary or allergy requirements, or inform them of out-of-stock items to discuss alternatives.

They won't though, because that takes time restaurant employees don't have or they would be doing it already.

Oh good, the Burrito Taxi app's gonna tell me I can order the Whopper from McDonald's.

Nope, it’s in Canada too.

Wasn't a thing when I lived there, but that was pre-COVID. ))

We don't have this with the delivery services (Glovo, Bolt, Uber Eats).

Hey look, false advertising, ai slop and shitty food porn all in one.

Japan has strict laws against using fake images for food.

Why can't the people we vote for represent us?

There will be items in the generated pictures that won‘t be part of the menu and it will be a shitshow.

As a software developer who is currently working on a "prompt engineering" task, the words "you are absolutely correct" are like knives to my soul now.

That’s not what’s happening here.

The AI tools can be used to generate descriptions for menu items and summarize customer reviews to quickly highlight feedback regarding areas of the business that need improvement. Uber Eats also says it’s using AI to “detect and enhance low-quality food images” on menus, either by making changes to lighting, resolution, and framing, or editing the food onto different plates or backgrounds. The example images provided by Uber Eats suggest that this feature may also use generative AI to make adjustments to the food itself, such as expanding it or filling in any gaps when digitally re-plating.

For menu items that don’t have any images at all, Uber Eats will also now allow customers to upload a photograph of their own order when leaving a review.

so user pictures appear to be separate from restaurant/ai images.

the details which it doesn’t seem like most people are reading:

The AI tools can be used to generate descriptions for menu items and summarize customer reviews to quickly highlight feedback regarding areas of the business that need improvement. Uber Eats also says it’s using AI to “detect and enhance low-quality food images” on menus, either by making changes to lighting, resolution, and framing, or editing the food onto different plates or backgrounds. The example images provided by Uber Eats suggest that this feature may also use generative AI to make adjustments to the food itself, such as expanding it or filling in any gaps when digitally re-plating.

For menu items that don’t have any images at all, Uber Eats will also now allow customers to upload a photograph of their own order when leaving a review.

AI customer review summaries are pretty common and the AI pictures are mostly focused on improving low-quality pics provided by restaurants. they aren’t generating pics from nothing, in that case user submitted pics are allowed.

I’m sure they’ll add some tiny text “this is what your meal might look like” or “not an actual photo”

Just gross.

Because we forgot how effective public lynchings can be.

I mean, the US has similar laws too. It just doesnt matter.