OpenAI and Instacart are merging grocery shopping with ChatGPT. The firms declared that the Instacart app will be incorporated into ChatGPT, enabling users to explore and purchase groceries straight through the chatbot. The aim is for users to seek meal suggestions or recipe help and then conveniently acquire the essential ingredients from Instacart. “With the Instacart app integrated into ChatGPT, users can transition from meal preparation to checkout in one fluid conversation,” stated Nick Turley, head of ChatGPT, in a remark. “It’s another advancement toward realizing our vision—where AI offers useful recommendations and connects directly to real-world services, saving individuals time and effort in their daily routines.”

Nonetheless, users must recognize that AI tools can occasionally be confidently erroneous, which means recipes may not always be precise. Online evaluations of ChatGPT-generated recipes are varied, often leading to subpar results. Furthermore, the AI model can sometimes deliver incorrect recipes, such as the notorious “glue on pizza” episode by Google’s AI in 2024. In August 2025, an individual was hospitalized after following ChatGPT’s dietary suggestion to swap table salt with sodium bromide, which is hazardous. Consequently, users should confirm recipe ingredients when utilizing the OpenAI-Instacart collaboration, particularly during the holiday period.

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