Despite Instacart's claim that it is "optimizing for the best user experience" and "constantly iterating on our product to align with consumer expectations as generative AI technology matures," the results have been less than satisfactory. The company's use of flawed AI image generators, likely without human oversight, has resulted in a flood of low-quality images and text. The company's attempts to streamline and boost content creation using AI have so far not been successful.
Key takeaways:
- Instacart, a grocery delivery app, has been caught seemingly using AI-generated images and recipes, leading to some questionable and often nauseating results.
- Users on the Instacart subreddit have complained about the company's use of AI for images, with some of the images being of horrific foods.
- Following a report by Business Insider, Instacart appears to have deleted a number of these AI-generated recipes.
- Despite the negative feedback, a spokesperson for Instacart stated that the company is "optimizing for the best user experience" and will continue to iterate on their product as generative AI technology matures.