Busted! Drive-Thru Run by "AI" Actually Operated by Humans in the Philippines

The fast-food burger chains Checkers and Carl's Jr have been trying out AI-powered drive-thrus at some of their locations that aren't quite as autonomous as they're made out to be. Bloomberg reports that this drive-thru AI system actually relies on a backbone of outsourced laborers who regularly have to intervene so that it takes customers' […]

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