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Tatiana Sataua

Restaurants have been serving up fake food ads for decades—AI slop is just the latest special

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Throw a rock in New York City, and apparently you’ll hit an AI food ad.

At least that was X user Maggie Moda’s assessment after spotting a series of peculiar sidewalk signs outside the city’s delis and cafés in a post that has since racked up 2.8 million views. There were croissant sandwiches with almost comically perfect layers, an affogato with a side of random holes, and a chopped-cheese hero with cheese melted a little too perfectly over every piece of meat.

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