New York Times Cooking adds AI tool to modify recipes

Summarised from Wired's report · Updated 8 Nov, 16:15 · Archive

The New York Times has added an AI-powered feature to its Cooking app that lets subscribers modify recipes and swap ingredients.

The New York Times has introduced an AI-powered recipe modifier to its Cooking app in an iOS-only beta. The feature allows subscribers to adjust recipes and swap ingredients to suit their needs.

When the Times announced the change on 23 October, Cooking section commenters expressed strong objection, with many threatening to cancel their subscriptions and questioning the need for the feature. After four days and 172 almost exclusively negative comments, the Times disabled commenting on the announcement. The Cooking section receives 514 million visits annually, and its YouTube channel has over 1.4 million subscribers.

A Wired writer who tested the new AI feature found it worked surprisingly well, defying initial expectations that adding technology to cooking content would fail as so many previous kitchen tech innovations have done.

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• I Used NYT Cooking’s New AI-Powered Recipe Modifier, and It’s Actually Pretty GoodThe New York Times has added a beta feature to its Cooking app that helps readers swap ingredients or adjust recipes to suit their needs. It mostly hits the mark.Wired · 8 Nov, 12:00

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