• McDonald’s ends AI drive-thru trial as fast food industry tests automation

    McDonald’s ends AI drive-thru trial as fast food industry tests automation
    Companies have touted AI as future of the industry, but technology has also resulted in viral videos of wrong ordersMcDonald’s is ending its test of employing artificial intelligence chatbots at drive-thrus, raising questions over the fast food industry’s rush to roll out the technology.The world’s largest burger chain will remove automated AI-based order systems from over 100 locations around the US. Continue reading...
  • AI Turns Classic Memes Into Hideously Animated Garbage

    AI Turns Classic Memes Into Hideously Animated Garbage
    Have you ever wondered what your favorite memes might look like if they were animated? Well, wonder no longer. Thanks to advancements in artificial intelligence technology, you can now see those static images come to life. And they look like absolute dogshit.Read more...
  • McDonald's Ditches AI Drive-Thru Partnership With IBM

    McDonald's Ditches AI Drive-Thru Partnership With IBM
    McDonald’s is ending a two-year-old partnership with IBM to test AI’s ability to replace drive-thru workers at more than 100 restaurants, according to Restaurant Business. The world’s largest fast-food company is reportedly pulling the technology later in July. However, McDonald’s tells Gizmodo this experiment with…Read more...
  • May 'AI' Take Your Order? McDonald's Says Not Yet

    May 'AI' Take Your Order? McDonald's Says Not Yet
    McDonald’s is ending a two-year-old partnership with IBM to test AI’s ability to replace drive-thru workers at more than 100 restaurants, according to Restaurant Business. The world’s largest fast-food company is reportedly pulling the technology later in July. However, McDonald’s tells Gizmodo this experiment with…Read more...
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  • Balance effects of AI with profits tax and green levy, says IMF

    Balance effects of AI with profits tax and green levy, says IMF
    Governments should use fiscal policies to atone for technology-related carbon emissions, urges reportBusiness live – latest updatesGovernments faced with economic upheaval caused by artificial intelligence should consider fiscal policies including taxes on excess profits and a green levy to atone for AI-related carbon emissions, according to the International Monetary Fund.The IMF said unlike previous technological breakthroughs such as the steam engine, generative AI – the term for