An exclusive interview with the McDonald’s drive-through AI

June 21, 2024 10:01

McDonald’s has announced it is axing the AI currently being tested at more than 100 Macca’s drive-throughs across the US, after numerous viral videos showing the technology screwing up orders.

McDonald’s worked with IBM to develop the AI drive-through assistant, currently the star of multiple hilarious viral videos showing it delivering up incorrect concoctions such as bacon-topped ice-cream, squirts of butter, and hundreds of bonus chicken nuggets.

It was also delivering the wrong orders to the wrong cars, because presumably AI can’t tell a Datsun 120y from a Datsun 180b.

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