Researchers found that AI-generated food images, particularly imperfect ones, evoke an uncanny valley effect, making them appear eerie and less pleasant, especially among people with food neophobia.

They entered phrases that mentioned Black African doctors providing food, vaccines or medicine to white children who were poor or suffering. They also asked for images depicting different health ...

Study: Assessing the visual appeal of real/AI-generated food images. Image Credit: Pinkyone / Shutterstock.com. Background. Recent advancements in generative AI models have blurred the distinction ...