Regional Michelin Guide Intern

Known for excellence, Michelin publishes Southwest Guide full of errors. Everyting? Proram? What in the world is going on? Arizona restaurants deserve better. The Michelin Guide launched its first Southwest Guide in August. Flickr/Emmanuel Prouvèze On Oct. 16, Dallas-based D Magazine published an article with the alarming headline, "Michelin Used AI to Write Its Guide to Dallas Restaurants." The magazine's reporters noticed something a little off with the blurbs for the newly recognized restaurants, so they ran them through AI-detection software and asked a number of experts. The conclusion: AI was used to generate most, if not all, of the blurbs for five new restaurants added to the Texas Michelin Guide on Oct. 8. So, we immediately wondered: What about Arizona's blurbs? On Aug. 26, Michelin hosted a ceremony in Las Vegas to celebrate the inaugural Southwest Michelin Guide, which includes restaurants in Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. While no Arizona restaurants earned coveted Michelin stars, 19 were recognized by Michelin and included in the new guide. Editor's picks. On Friday, we took a spin through our local restaurants' blurbs on Michelin's site and our concern quickly grew. For chef Dom Ruggiero's outstanding Scottsdale eatery, Hush Public House, Michelin's blurb starts: This spot from Chef Dom Ruggiero isn't exactly a secret, but this spot, which reads as a relaxed neighborhood bar offers an unexpectedly ambitious menu. What? AI or not, this sentence just doesn't make sense. Then in the same blurb, for Hush: Everyting is intentional here, from the strong cocktail proram to the chalkboard trumpeting the local producers. Everyting? Proram? What in the world is going on? For the trendy uptown wine bar and bistro, Kid Sister: The small kitchen offers an equally small menu that rolls with the seasons in a smart, creative and totally delicious way. The food! At a Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurant! Totally delicious! Yeah, no way? OK, sure, not all Michelin inspectors are writers. You don't need to have a way with words to be an expert on food. But Michelin inspectors supposedly visit restaurants multiple times, taking fastidious notes about every dish they taste. And from all of that research, studying the flavor and nuance of the cuisine, the best they could come up with was "totally delicious?" And some blurbs beg the question: Did anyone actually read this before it was published in an international guide known for recognizing excellence? Hometown hero Chris Bianco was honored by... yet another typo. In Michelin's blurb for Pizzeria Bianco: A roaring brick open turns out marvelous pies with cracker-like crusts and delicious, chewy edges. Michelin has built an empire on recognizing excellence. That's their whole, entire point. Brick open pizza. Sigh. So, were these blurbs generated by AI? It's increasingly difficult to tell, but we ran three of these terrible blurbs through three different AI detectors. All came up as 0% AI, entirely human. So we don't even have the robots to blame. Arizona restaurants deserve better. We were in Las Vegas on the evening of the ceremony. At a happy hour reception just ahead of the main event, we talked to our local chefs and food and beverage pros. They were all so excited. The room buzzed. One local chef was so nervous she couldn't eat. Others had brought their entire restaurant team to Las Vegas. All of their dedication and hard work would be recognized. For independent restaurant owners who have bet their whole lives on a dream, this was their chance to earn a nod of approval from the Michelin Guide. And now, they get included in a new guide riddled with typos, with the food they pour their hearts into described just as "totally delicious." For an organization built on excellence that sends judges to test the quality of someone's creative endeavor, to turn around and produce such a poor-quality guide is insulting. These chefs deserve better. Michelin, what the hell? Independent news in Phoenix needs you. The article you just read is made possible by a mix of advertising, sponsorships and reader support. As advertising revenue continues to shift, reader support plays a vital role in sustaining the reporting, investigations, restaurant and arts coverage, and storytelling our community relies on. Become a member today and help keep our journalism free and independent. Select how much you'd like to contribute Tirion Boan is the Food Editor of Phoenix New Times, where she has worked since May 2022. Tirion keeps a close eye on restaurant openings and closings, offers dining recommendations, and reports on metro Phoenix food news and trends. She also publishes major annual lists such as Top 100 Bars and Top 100 Restaurants, and contributes to the Best of Phoenix project. Tirion previously worked for such publications as The Arizona Republic and The Tucson Weekly. She holds a bachelor's of arts in journalism from the University of Arizona.

Michelin tires now have RFID tags, and here's what they track. Advanced technology helps improve tire quality and performance Add CarScoops on Google: Just about everything these days seems to want to collect your data. Carscoops has told you in the past how even tire manufacturers are adding computer chips to their products, like Pirellis with sensors in the tire that helps a car adjust traction in real time if it detects hydroplaning. Now, Michelin, which has been innovating on the EV tire front, is adding a different type of chip to its tires, specifically RFID tags, which stands for Radio Frequency Identification. Importantly, the technology doesn't track drivers. Instead, it helps Michelin track the tire in question. The tire manufacturer embeds a chip and antenna between protective rubber layers cured into the tire. Its identifier contains a company prefix, a product reference, and a serial number, all of which is permanently locked after programming. That gives individual tires an identity that remains throughout the life cycle. Michelin's tire data service lists information including the brand, product description, and tire size. The tracking aspect refers to scans during manufacturing, inventory handling, delivery, servicing, and recycling that connect that same tire to different stages of its life. Can the tags track your driving? The RFID technology Michelin uses is passive and needs no battery. According to NHTSA, passive tire tags obtain power from radio waves emitted by a reader and return the stored information when scanned. This identification system therefore requires reading equipment within range, meaning the RFID tag cannot transmit without that equipment giving it the small amount of power required to return its signal. So, in short, these Michelin tires can't track you. That also separates RFID identification from tire-pressure or temperature monitoring. Michelin describes tire-mounted sensors as separate hardware that measures those conditions and communicates using the Bluetooth Low Energy protocol. An RFID tag alone doesn't make an ordinary tire capable of reporting on pressure, temperature, or remaining tread depth. The car would need several additional sensors that could encode that data onto the RFID chip. From there, it would require other sensors that could read that data. It would be akin to throwing a middleman into the fray where there's no need for one. The difficulty of tire tracking. Truly trying to track a person using RFID tags from their car tires would be a serious pain, and a far cry from license plate cameras tracking your car. Sure, the tires have a permanent identifier, so in theory, someone could track down a person via the tires on their car with such a tag. But consider the steps required to do so. First, they'd need access to technology that can scan the tire and record the ID. Next, you would need access to Michelin's database, or a similar one, with a record of every time that tire was scanned in the past. And ultimately, all they would really have is a patchy network of scans over time. NHTSA's electronic tire-identification study also found that scanning a tag wouldn't directly reveal an owner's personal information. For the driver, the distinction is straightforward. The tag identifies the rubber. Learning more about the car or its owner takes additional equipment and records that very few have access to. Even with that access, it would be a tough task to find someone's personal information with nothing but the tire's RFID data.

Michelin Lights Up Hua Lamphong with spectacular light show on 16-17 October. Home / WHAT'S ON / Michelin Lights Up Hua Lamphong with spectacular light show on 16-17 October. October 15, 2026 Views: 892 'Michelin Lights Up' invites you to experience a spectacular light and projection mapping show at Hua Lamphong on October 16-17, for two Nights Only. Hua Lamphong Railway Station Will be Transformed into an Immersive Experience Showcasing Michelin's "On the Road and Beyond" Innovations. Two Nights Only: October 16 and 17, from 6:30 PM to 11:30 PM. Michelin is set to launch 'Michelin Lights Up', bringing to life its "On the Road and Beyond!" campaign that reinforces Michelin's position as the world's leading tire company and manufacturer of life-changing composites and experiences. Audiences will be captivated by a spectacular light and projection mapping show illuminating the facade of Hua Lamphong Railway Station, delivering a powerful presentation of Michelin's story and innovations. This immersive experience will be available for only two nights: Friday, October 16 and Saturday, October 17, from 6:30 PM to 11:30 PM. The light and projection mapping show runs for more than two minutes and plays continuously on a loop, highlighting Michelin's "On the Road and Beyond!" innovations. It showcases Michelin's commitment to pushing boundaries to advance mobility, technology, and sustainable living. Building on its expertise and technologies in engineered materials, Michelin continues to develop innovative solutions for new applications across a wide range of industries - including mobility, construction, aeronautics, low-carbon energies, and healthcare. Among the groundbreaking innovations that exemplify Michelin's "On the Road and Beyond!" campaign are the Michelin Lunar Wheel, an airless tire designed for NASA's lunar exploration missions; WISAMO (Wing Sail Mobility), an innovative wind propulsion technology that supports the decarbonization of the maritime sector; Michelin Acoustic Technology, which effectively reduces perceived noise in the cabin, delivering an enhanced level of quietness and comfort; Performance Made to Last, Michelin's engineering philosophy focused on delivering long-lasting performance from the first to the last mile by integrating performance and safety with a reduced environmental footprint; and the Universal Tire Digital Twin, which converts in-vehicle data into actionable insights in real time to provide recommendations for the vehicle or its driver, helping enhance the safety of all road users. With a heritage spanning more than 130 years, Michelin has earned the trust of Thai consumers for over 36 years. In 2026, Michelin was named Thailand's Most Admired Brand, making it the most admired tire brand among Thai consumers for 27 consecutive years. Michelin has also received numerous prestigious accolades - including its latest recognition as one of the World's Strongest Brands 2026 by Brand Finance, a leading global brand valuation consultancy.