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The New York Times added an AI assistant inside its NYT Cooking app that suggests dinner ideas, swaps ingredients and fixes mistakes, but The Verge's review found it helpful for everyday chicken dishes and unreliable for precise baking.

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NYT Cooking's AI Assistant: Great for Weeknight Chicken, Weak on Cake

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FAQ

What is the NYT Cooking AI assistant?

It is an assistant built into The New York Times' NYT Cooking app that suggests meal ideas, adapts recipes, proposes ingredient substitutions and answers cooking questions inside the app.

Is an AI cooking assistant reliable for baking?

The Verge's review says it failed a cake recipe, because baking depends on exact ratios that do not tolerate uncalculated changes, so sticking to the original recipe is safer.

Is this useful for Arab home cooks?

It helps with ideas, substitutions and step explanations, but it does not know local Arab cuisine well, so users should adjust quantities and ingredients themselves.

Source: The Verge AI

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