Santa Cruz restaurant changes logo after flurry of negative reviews

Up until last week, a colorful logo of an otter on a surfboard welcomed customers to the Salty Otter, a restaurant and sports bar that opened in downtown Santa Cruz last spring. B ...

Restaurant Owner Says Controversy Over an AI-Designed Logo ‘Crushed’ Her Dream. Here’s What Happened.

This week, she took down the logo after backlash over its AI origins. She also asked Google and Yelp to remove some of the recent negative reviews about the logo. A Santa Cruz restaurant owner ...

AI Was Supposed to Help Her Launch. Instead, It Nearly Destroyed Her Business

But Smith has 26 years of experience in computer graphic art and 34 years in the restaurant business. She did use AI for the logo, but only to generate the initial design. The rest she colored and ...
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Lily Belli on Food: Cat & Cloud’s union push; AI controversy at Salty Otter; April’s vegan chef challenge

In the return of her Tuesday newsletter, Lily Belli notes unionization efforts at local coffee chain Cat & Cloud and a ...
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Salty Otter owner says AI logo uproar has ‘crushed’ her lifelong dream

Following a wave of online criticism and one-star reviews from locals, The Salty Otter Sports Grill replaced its colorful, AI-assisted otter logo with a stark black-and-white design. Owner Rachael ...