Google's AI Frankenstein Recipes Hurting Recipe Bloggers

"Adam and Joanne Gallagher from the food recipe blog, Inspired Taste, has been documenting a lot of really painful and shameful tactics Google is using for its AI responses to some recipes. Adam calls its Google's AI Frankenstein recipes, where it pulls parts of the recipes from recipe bloggers, says it is the brand's recipe, but changes it enough where the recipe is not real and tastes horrible."

"(1) The AI responses at the top lead to a significant drop in Google Search traffic to their recipe sites. (2) When you read the Google AI Overview or AI Mode response, it sometimes credits the recipe blogger by their brand name, but changes the recipe. When the recipe is changed, the recipe comes out wrong and tastes awful. Both can be super damaging for the recipe blogger."

Adam and Joanne Gallagher of the recipe blog Inspired Taste documented AI-generated recipe outputs that splice content from recipe bloggers, label the content under brand names, and alter ingredients and instructions so final dishes taste awful. AI Overview and AI Mode responses sometimes credit a blogger’s brand while changing measurements, steps, or components, producing nonfunctional or unpleasant recipes. AI responses placed at the top of search results cause substantial drops in organic Google Search traffic to original recipe sites. Altered, branded AI recipes associate poorly performing dishes with creators and damage their reputations and livelihoods. Mainstream outlets reported on the problem and affected creators are warning readers.

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