NYT Cooking Launches iOS AI Recipe Modifier as 172 Comments Protest
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Updated · WIRED · Nov 8
NYT Cooking Launches iOS AI Recipe Modifier as 172 Comments Protest
2 articles · Updated · WIRED · Nov 8
Summary
NYT Cooking has rolled out an iOS-only beta that lets subscribers customize recipes with AI, and a hands-on review found it generally effective for ingredient, equipment and dietary substitutions.
The tool rewrites recipes in place, marks every change in colored text, lets users toggle back to the original, and refuses requests that stray too far by redirecting cooks to a better-suited recipe.
Tests across dishes from chicken and dumplings to waffles, sauerkraut and noodle bowls mostly worked, though one chicken-breast adaptation overcooked the meat after an extra 30 minutes in the pot.
172 mostly angry comments hit the October 23 announcement before commenting was shut off, reflecting fears that AI could erode the human touch behind a section visited 514 million times in 2025.
NYT Cooking says its roughly 60-person team is still growing, it has no plan to publish fewer recipes, and users will be able to hide the AI feature while it remains in beta.