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ChatGPT’s peculiar taste

Stay away from my brownies, ChatGPT: The generative artificial intelligence tool rates chocolate brownie recipes highly—even if they contain fish oil.

If your afternoon coffee break also includes a sweet treat, like a brownie, it might interest you to know that generative artificial intelligence (genAI) also has opinions on this chocolate delight. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign food scientist and perception expert Damir D. Torrico recently used the genAI tool 

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ChatGPT ‘taste tests’ chocolate brownies

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