NYT Cooking launches AI assistant for recipe customization
Original title: NYT Cooking’s AI assistant saved my weeknight chicken, but almost ruined my cake
AI assistant suggests ingredient substitutions and recipe modifications based on available ingredients and user comments.
A reviewer tests NYT Cooking's new AI assistant available to subscribers on iOS. The tool uses user comments to suggest practical substitutions and scales recipes to feed more people or adapt dietary needs. It creates modified versions with highlighted changes but is not perfect and can over-suggest additions like butter.
- Trained on NYT Cooking user comments for substitutions.
- Creates and highlights modified recipe versions.
- Suggests equipment substitutions and measurement conversions.
- Available on iOS at launch.
- Trained not to comply with requests that would ruin taste.
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8 min read at theverge.com
The NYT Cooking app now has a built in AI assistant. | Photo: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Around 7PM each weeknight, I find myself standing in front of the fridge, trying to decide on something for dinner that won't make my husband complain, "Chicken again?" Yes, I should meal plan more, but I don't, so this is where I'm at.
By Jennifer Pattison Tuohy · theverge.com
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