NYT Cooking launches AI feature to substitute ingredients and nearly 77% of comments are negative
The New York Times activated an AI feature in NYT Cooking that lets users modify published recipes, focused on ingredient substitutions. According to a sentiment analysis run with Codex on the 171 comments left on the announcement, about 77% were negative, 14% positive and the rest neutral or mixed. The tool is rolling out gradually and is currently available to Cooking subscribers on the iOS app. Dozens of readers asked for a switch to turn it off, which editor Genevieve Ko ruled out for now.
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- The feature lets users modify published recipes, mainly through ingredient substitutions, and recalculates times and proportions.
- Of 171 comments on the announcement, about 77% were negative and 14% positive, per a sentiment analysis using Codex.
- The rollout is gradual and currently limited to Cooking subscribers on iOS.
IASummary generated by artificial intelligence from a story by El Ecosistema Startup. It may contain errors: the original source prevails.




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