Why we fell for clean eating

Why we fell for clean eating

The long read: The oh-so-Instagrammable food movement has been thoroughly debunked – but it shows no signs of going away. The real question is why we were so desperate to believe it

Why I Won't Eat At Restaurants That Use AI Images - Daily Meal

The proliferation of artificially generated images has been rapid, to say the least. It's even spread to restaurants. Here's why I think it's a bad sign.

Why restaurants are facing backlash for fake food pictures | CNN

Generative AI is being used to advertise food around the world to the disdain of many beholders. But there are real reasons why consumers are repelled by the sometimes bizarre-looking meals.

Digital Hygiene — Real Life

Dietary metaphors for internet use blame individuals for systemic hazards

The Feed is the Product: Why We Stay in Walled Gardens, and Why We Might Finally Leave for the Open Social Web - Zsolt's pckt blog

We have known this for years. We have known that the major platforms are bad for our attention, our sleep, our politics, our children, and our sense of reality....

Inside the food industry: the surprising truth about what you eat

Think you eat only healthy, unprocessed foods? Think again. Joanna Blythman went undercover and discovered that even your fruit salad is not what it seems

The Women Making Conspiracy Theories Beautiful

How the domestic aesthetics of Instagram repackage QAnon for the masses  

Instagram Is Full of Conspiracy Theories and Extremism

As other social networks wage a very public war against misinformation, it’s thriving on Instagram.

We finally know why the Instagram founders really quit

Mark Zuckerberg added a hamburger button to Instagram while one of its founders was on paternity leave. He quit soon after, and now we have the full story about why

Restaurants, Please Stop Using AI-Generated Photos of Your Food

AI-generated food photos and menus are creeping into restaurants, but the uncanny images, mangled descriptions, and synthetic polish come at a cost: diners’ trust. When it comes to selling food, even an imperfect photo can be far more appetizing when it’s unmistakably real.

Medium and Twitter founder: ‘We put junk food in front of them and they eat it’

Ev Williams on feedback loops, giving a home to publishers, and finding critical mass

Facebook and Instagram losing users, with signs pointing to low-quality feeds

Anecdotally, I’ve been hearing for a very long time that Facebook and Instagram users are growing ever more dissatisfied with...

Why we still don’t know what foods are the source of the cyclospora outbreak

“You cannot thin a system, defer the tools that would speed it up, and then wonder why the public is left guessing,” writes epidemiologist Katrine Wallace.

Ugly AI Food Photos Are Only the Beginning

Restaurant menus with AI-generated food images are going viral for their off-putting aesthetic. But AI’s impact on modern menus runs even deeper.

Restaurants face backlash over AI-generated food photos

AI is turning restaurant menus into nightmare fuel.