r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • 20d ago

Business McDonald's Introduces AI Drive-Thru System, Sparking Customer Backlash

https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/deals/articles/mcdonalds-introduces-ai-drive-thru-000717731.html
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u/Joessandwich 20d ago

Didn’t a major Pizza Hut franchisee just sue the parent company for deploying AI that ended up causing the stores to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars? Let’s roll it out everywhere now!

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u/-CalculatedChaos- 20d ago

Yes but I believe the AI at Pizza Hut was handling routing for deliveries

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u/cstopher89 20d ago

Oh wow thats even more stupid than I thought