What started as a weekend experiment is now a fully-fledged AI voice assistant on Hearst\u2019s recipe site Delish, helping home cooks follow recipes hands-free.<\/p>\n
Hearst\u2019s senior director of AI initiatives, Alexandria Redmon wanted a personal chef assistant \u2014 something she could talk to while cooking, without smearing her phone with batter. Using OpenAI\u2019s GPT large language model (Hearst has a content licensing deal with OpenAI), Redmon built the prototype in a few days. It\u2019s aimed at helping to solve everyday kitchen problems: running multiple cooking timers, managing ingredient swaps, and navigating recipes hands-free.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Redmon teamed up with Delish editorial director Joanna Saltz and director of product Ashley Szwec. They spent five months developing the \u201cCooking Coach\u201d voice assistant, which rolled out across the Delish site this month. It\u2019s trained only on Delish\u2019s content of over 30,000 recipes on the 10-year-old site.<\/p>\n
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