{"id":23017,"date":"2026-05-11T13:49:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/2026\/05\/11\/bagel-shop-removes-ai-generated-images-after-customer-backlash\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T13:49:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:49:53","slug":"bagel-store-eliminates-ai-generated-pictures-after-buyer-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/2026\/05\/11\/bagel-store-eliminates-ai-generated-pictures-after-buyer-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Bagel Store Eliminates AI-Generated Pictures After Buyer Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bagels-ai.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bagels-ai.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bagels-ai.jpg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bagels-ai.jpg?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bagels-ai.jpg?ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bagels-ai.jpg?ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bagels-ai.jpg?ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bagels-ai.jpg?ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bagels-ai.jpg?ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bagels-ai.jpg?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bagels-ai.jpg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bagels-ai.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bagel Store Eliminates AI-Generated Pictures After Buyer Backlash\" title=\"Bagel Store Eliminates AI-Generated Pictures After Buyer Backlash\" \/><\/div><p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"fluid-iframe\" style=\"max-width: 800px;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"South Burlington bagel shop faces backlash over AI-generated advertisement\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jm2G_FNU8sI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A bagel store confronted uproar from shoppers after posting commercials that combined actual pictures with AI-generated pictures, prompting the small trade to ask for forgiveness and take away the posts.<\/p>\n<p>Consistent with a file through <em>WCAX-TV Channel 3 Information<\/em>, Myer\u2019s Bagels is a well known native trade in Burlington, Vermont, the place shoppers frequently line up for its Montreal-style bagels.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Jones, who runs Myer\u2019s Bagels, says he had not too long ago began the use of AI gear to lend a hand analyze which merchandise have been promoting nicely and which have been no longer. He says the generation has helped the trade because it tries to stay aggressive. As a small trade and not using a full-time advertising workforce, Jones says he used the similar AI corporate to lend a hand create promotional content material for social media. The posts integrated a mixture of actual images and AI-generated pictures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c, for the reason that pictures have been, they have been a hybrid of items that have been actual at Myer\u2019s, however then they spiced them up,\u201d Jones tells <em>WCAX-TV Channel 3 Information<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, shoppers briefly reacted to the posts on social media and Reddit, with people criticizing the usage of AI-generated pictures in commercials. The reaction mirrored wider issues amongst some customers concerning the rising use of AI in advertising and on-line content material.<\/p>\n<p>Myer\u2019s Bagels later got rid of the photographs and issued an apology, pronouncing the aim have been to advertise a small trade in a aggressive social media atmosphere fairly than disappointed unswerving shoppers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI assumed, nicely, we\u2019ll see how this works. And total, it didn\u2019t paintings,\u201d Jones tells <em>WCAX-TV Channel 3 Information.<\/em>  <\/p>\n<p>He provides: \u201cI gotta say, I used to be more or less saddened through it, as a result of my intent used to be to not offend the fervour and appreciation that we get already. It used to be simply to focus on a brand new approach to take a look at us.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Jones says he understands why folks might react strongly to AI-generated posts, however added that small companies continuously wouldn&#8217;t have devoted social media groups and face force to continuously produce on-line content material. He says that AI generation is more likely to stay a part of the trade operations of Myer\u2019s Bagels at some point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAI as an entire, I believe, is an overly treasured device as a trade proprietor,\u201d Jones explains. \u201cSocial media aspect \u2014 which introduced this to gentle \u2014 is one thing I will be able to use, however in a a lot more well-managed approach from my finish.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>AI is increasingly more being utilized in advert pictures, with this example revealing how even small companies are turning to the generation to briefly produce advertising content material with out devoted design or social media groups. McDonald\u2019s confronted important backlash closing 12 months when it launched an AI-generated Christmas advert that includes morphed faces and distorted our bodies. The 45-second advert, made through McDonald\u2019s Netherlands, used to be later pulled. Coca-Cola additionally confronted grievance closing 12 months after liberating an AI-generated Christmas advert closing 12 months.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bagel store confronted uproar from shoppers after posting commercials that combined actual pictures with AI-generated pictures, prompting the small trade to ask for forgiveness and take away the posts. Consistent with a file through WCAX-TV Channel 3 Information, Myer\u2019s Bagels is a well known native trade in Burlington, Vermont, the place shoppers frequently line<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bagels-ai.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23017"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23018,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23017\/revisions\/23018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webdesignrace.com\/photography_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}