An Instacart spokesperson said generative AI is new, and the company continuously works to improve its product. "When we receive reports of AI-generated content that does not deliver a high-quality consumer experience, our team reviews the content and may remove it," they said in a comment given after publication

So they pushed out these wacky images and took them down when people started to make fun of them, hard to believe they didn't notice, guess they didn't care as long as it was cheaper than paying for stock images