@emrosebass: An absolute brain dump for your Saturday, but this has been on my mind for a while. I appreciate it’s a very nuanced conversation and I’ve barely scraped the surface of AI usage in the NZ food scene, but yeah - at the bare minimum, if you are going to use AI, please ensure it accurately reflects the product you are serving. (Additionally, I am not a lawyer!) 😅 #nzfoodie #nzeats #chcheats #nzfood #foodmarketing
Yes literally just take a photo with your phone 😅😭
2026-08-29 03:08:36
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buttercup.mp3 :
If I see a restaurant using AI, I assume their actual food is too gross to photograph and sell.
2026-08-29 19:24:01
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Spoopy :
Absolutely it goes against the fair trading act.
I avoid AI businesses, and yeah a cell phone pic printed on plain A4 with the name handwritten under is more likely to get me to purchase than an AI generated image.
Also to the businesses, due to Naruto the macaque proving art (and extrapolating from there I assume design eg menus) has to be human made, the store doesn't own the copyright for their own marketing materials. Anyone could take them and use them. Ironically, if someone copied it down exactly with a pen and paper/paint etc, copyright likely would fall on that artist. It's such a shakey place to stand but so many businesses are 🤮
2026-08-29 03:13:04
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Pairama Wright :
Oh man I’ve noticed this so much even just on uber eats! It makes me not wanna order coz it’s so obvious when it’s AI and I just can’t trust what I’m gonna get
2026-08-29 10:41:11
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PikopikoPies :
ai in all aspects of every industry across NZ is unregulated. However, you're right, using ai in this manner should still fall under misleading laws 💯👌🏽 my signage and menus are still designed by me 🔥🥳
2026-08-29 03:57:02
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sparky :
I avoid all businesses that use AI if I possibly can. hate it!
2026-08-29 04:54:31
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Uwotbitch1 :
It’s not remotely comparable to fast food photography. Fast food photos are of the exact product you will receive just presented in the best possible light
2026-08-30 00:32:13
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Jotter • Sips & Bites :
Totally agree hence why all our menu are done with real products photo 🥰
2026-08-29 05:33:40
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Thismustbetheplace :
If a company uses AI - then I won’t support- lazy design - lazy business
2026-08-30 05:33:06
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lisi.locket :
I stop going to places that use obvious AI. I just genuinely hate it so much. I want to see your actual product.
2026-08-29 22:07:50
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Christchurch Food+Things to do :
LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK!! As someone who also works in marketing I literally warned so many businesses I work with about this in the beginning and now have witnessed multiple people argue with servers about this exact thing 🤦🏽♀️the more you support local artists and creators, the more the community supports you
2026-08-29 04:22:43
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Past Sense Studio | NZ Based :
LOUDER!!!!! Not just in food industry, but also in fashion and art. It’s getting out of hand at this point
2026-08-29 08:14:31
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Meg Arte :
Ai food photos are just unappetising? I’m suddenly not hungry.
2026-08-30 05:09:58
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Sue Stokes :
Hate ai
2026-08-29 03:31:50
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Punk Ponies :
I actively avoid every food place that uses AI images. Its just really off putting and usually doesn’t look appetising anyway (especially savoury food like burritos, the texture in the AI images always looks nasty af 🤢)
2026-08-29 03:55:29
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emma_helleur 🇳🇿 :
Food industry and events like school galas. Facebook community pages are 90% AI these days.
2026-08-30 10:27:56
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chchjim211 :
totally agree, it's so off-putting.
2026-08-30 02:44:54
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Jorja Allen :
Finally someone has spoken on this! Uber eats is the worst for it and I can’t even recall how many times I’ve skipped ordering from somewhere purely because they’ve used AI, it’s not a good way to get customers in my opinion
2026-08-31 10:31:17
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ROSIE ☆ :
Great points Emma!!
2026-09-02 00:00:32
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henna :
The amount of AI menus I'm seeing that are basic, like you couldn't pull up canva and edit that yourself?
2026-08-30 03:43:57
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Nikita Gothard :
My boss uses real pics of our food, but AI for advertising
still gives me the ick
2026-08-31 01:58:06
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Hemsworth Estate :
it's our biggest nightmare to not have our guests expectations meet what they actually experience. It is hard to get quality content of your offerings, but worth the investment to get the real thing captured in the moment it's actually going to be experienced.
2026-08-30 02:43:00
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putaanga :
even my 11 year old won’t buy food from a vendor that has ai posters. major 🚩
2026-08-29 23:25:31
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Riley 🪼 :
Nothing looks unique now. I truely feel for the product and food photographers who put time and skill into their work. Also, the businesses who are not using ai stand out so much more!
2026-08-29 23:02:09
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totallylegithuman :
I AM AI
2026-08-29 04:38:26
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