{"id":500528,"date":"2026-05-24T14:19:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T14:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/500528\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T14:19:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T14:19:14","slug":"can-chinas-ai-powered-food-monitoring-avoid-us-military-style-meal-complaints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/500528\/","title":{"rendered":"Can China\u2019s AI-powered food monitoring avoid US military-style meal complaints?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Images of sparse meals aboard naval vessels deployed in the United States\u2019 war on Iran are a reminder that keeping military forces supplied with adequate food has been a problem for thousands of years.<\/p>\n<p>The photos came to light after a crew member from the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/middle-east\/article\/3344980\/what-military-assets-does-us-have-middle-east?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">USS Abraham Lincoln<\/a> shared them with family in the US, sparking a dispute between personnel, their families and the Pentagon, along with complaints about inadequate food, despite official claims of more than 30 days\u2019 supply on board.Meanwhile, according to a report published by the state-backed Science and Technology Daily on May 11, the People\u2019s Armed Police Qinghai Corps in northwest China has turned to <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">artificial intelligence<\/a> for a solution.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"One of the images reportedly shared by a crew member from the USS Abraham Lincoln that prompted questions in the US about the adequacy of its military catering. Photo: Handout\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0fc80231-e46b-4444-bb2e-208c41ea934c_fe822e91.jpg\" title=\"One of the images reportedly shared by a crew member from the USS Abraham Lincoln that prompted questions in the US about the adequacy of its military catering. Photo: Handout\"\/>One of the images reportedly shared by a crew member from the USS Abraham Lincoln that prompted questions in the US about the adequacy of its military catering. Photo: Handout<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">An integrated digital platform was developed that included an AI food monitoring system which focused on granular control with every ingredient weighed, every inspection recorded and every transaction stored in a secure military cloud, the article said.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Its most striking feature was an intelligent recognition scale built for military kitchens and food inspections, it said.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">When ingredients are placed on the scale, on-board cameras identify food categories while recording weight, photographs and video footage. All data is instantly uploaded to cloud servers, creating a traceable record of procurement and inspection procedures.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Supervisors located more than 500km (311 miles) away can remotely inspect daily food purchases, review acceptance records and replay the entire inspection process in real time, according to the article.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The platform tried to make every stage of food management visible, archived and remotely auditable, with six main sections and 56 modules that combined logistics, attendance, military training and personnel administration, it said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Images of sparse meals aboard naval vessels deployed in the United States\u2019 war on Iran are a reminder&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[261],"tags":[291,217639,289,290,381,217637,72538,18,19,18929,17,217641,33692,217640,166126,82,384,217638,177947],"class_list":["post-500528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-ai-food-monitoring-system","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-china","tag-computer-software-copyright-registration-certificate","tag-dark-matters-newsletter","tag-eire","tag-ie","tag-iran","tag-ireland","tag-national-copyright-administration","tag-pentagon","tag-peoples-armed-police-qinghai-corps","tag-science-and-technology-daily","tag-technology","tag-united-states","tag-uss-abraham-lincoln","tag-war-on-iran"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116629993805974720","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}