The Impact of Artificial Intelligence Development on the Digital Transformation of Catering Food Safety

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10.2991/978-2-38476-593-5_59How to use a DOI?

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artificial intelligence; catering food safety; digital transformation; technology enablement; moderating effects

Abstract

Ensuring catering food safety is central to the national public-safety system and livelihood protection. Digital transformation is a necessary approach to address structural weaknesses in traditional governance, and artificial intelligence (AI), as a core technology of the new technological revolution, is a key driver. Building on technology enablement theory and integrating path dependence theory and the resource-based view, this study proposes an integrated framework of “core perception–multidimensional transformation–boundary moderation.” Using 517 valid nationwide survey responses from stakeholders related to catering food safety, structural equation modeling (SEM) and hierarchical regression are applied to test the effects and mechanisms of stakeholders’ core perception of AI development on digital transformation. Results show that core perception significantly and positively promotes digital transformation across relationship building, system performance, and social recognition. Traditional-mode cognition, perceived policy/regulatory constraints, and perceived opportunity costs significantly and negatively moderate these relationships: stronger path dependence, higher perceived compliance risk and institutional uncertainty, and higher perceived opportunity costs weaken AI’s enabling effects. This study clarifies the key dimensions of digital transformation in catering food safety and identifies heterogeneous transmission mechanisms and boundary conditions, providing empirical evidence for policy optimization and implementation.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Fengning Zhang
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/06/30
TI  - The Impact of Artificial Intelligence Development on the Digital Transformation of Catering Food Safety
BT  - Proceedings of the 2026 5th International Conference on Humanities, Wisdom Education and Service Management (HWESM 2026)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 544
EP  - 556
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-593-5_59
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-593-5_59
ID  - Zhang2026
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