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12/15/2023
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By Ethan Huff
More layoffs coming to McDonald’s as fast food giant embraces Google’s AI for online ordering
McDonald’s is going human-less in an effort to keep its top executives handsomely paid and its lower-level store employees, well, obsolete. In a recent press release, McDonald’s announced a new partnership with Google that will utilize the search engine giant’s artificial intelligence (AI) technology at McDonald’s franchise stores. With self-serve kiosks already plastered inside McDonald’s […]
09/19/2023
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By Ethan Huff
California passes new law establishing fast-food minimum wage of $20/hour, McDonald’s to spend $250,000 more per restaurant per year
The California legislature just passed a new bill to require all major fast-food chains throughout the state to pay their employees at least $20 per hour – and McDonald’s, the world’s largest fast-food chain with 40,100 stores worldwide, is really angry about it. The passage of Assembly Bill 1228, which is now on its way […]
01/03/2023
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By Roy Green
First fully automated McDonald’s outlet creeps out customers
There are 13,266 McDonald’s stores in the United States as of this writing, but one in Fort Worth, Texas stands out. It is the first fully automated outlet of the giant fast-food chain. The customer can go in, order the food, get the meal and pay the bill without human interaction. Of course, the food […]
06/08/2021
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By Arsenio Toledo
McDonald’s to test run AI-powered drive-thru windows that don’t need employees to take orders
In another move designed to shrink its workforce and save on labor expenses, McDonald’s is testing out its artificial intelligence-driven drive-thrus at 10 locations in Chicago. In these locations, workers will no longer be taking down the drive-thru orders of customers. A computer will do it instead, according to McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski. On Wednesday, June […]
08/20/2019
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By Edsel Cook
McDonald’s acquires machine-learning startup to develop personalized menus using A.I.
To boost flagging sales and compensate for reduced traffic at its stores, McDonald’s has turned to artificial intelligence. The icon of the American fast food industry acquired an Israeli tech startup and tasked it with developing A.I.-powered software that will create personalized menus for customers on the fly. McDonald’s announced its purchase of Dynamic Yield, […]
02/02/2018
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By David Williams
Bill Gates: The A.I. revolution may take away everyone’s job, but it’s okay because we’ll have more free time… huh?
A man like Bill Gates has two things first and foremost: money, which he has amassed over the years as a tech industry magnate and now gives away to charity, and ideas which he shares freely with anyone willing to listen. The founder — and former CEO — of Microsoft has now shared his views […]
01/23/2018
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By David Williams
Rising minimum wage translates to fewer low-level jobs and more robots in the fast food industry
Sometimes the best solution to a problem ends up being the one you’re trying to avoid the most. A classic example of this is now becoming an issue in the fast food industry, where fast food companies may soon be made to choose between keeping their army of paid employees or replacing them entirely with […]
06/28/2017
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By Russel Davis
McDonald’s announces kiosks will replace cashiers in 2,500 restaurants
McDonald’s shares have reached an all-time high as Wall Street projects that the fast food chain’s bid to roll out new digital ordering kiosks will likely increase its sales. The technology upgrades, which will be implemented this year, prompted New York-based financial services group Cowen to raise McDonald’s rating from “market perform” to “outperform.” Andrew Charles, analyst at Cohen, noted […]
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