New York’s Beloved Bodegas Are Filling Up With AI Slop

Reporters documented AI-generated signage replacing traditional deli and bodega graphics in New York corner stores.

About 13,000 bodegas across the five boroughs are part of the city’s convenience-store landscape.

Photos showed AI hallucinations such as nonsensical words and blended faces in window art.

Local residents and social media users criticized the AI images and urged hiring human artists.