McDonald's is bringing back its fried apple pie for a limited time starting June 23 to celebrate America's 250th birthday, marking the first time in over 30 years the dessert has been available in mos…
AI startup Aaru, cofounded by 21-year-old Ned Koh, accurately simulated nearly 2 million New York voters in the city's primary mayoral election, coming within 2,000 votes of the final count. The compa…
A browser extension called Kickbacks pays users $1 per agent per hour to view ads during Claude Code processing delays, with Varda Space Industries' Andrew McCalip reporting $250,000 in ad spend in si…
McDonald's unveiled a Google-powered drive-thru ordering system called ArchIQ at its Worldwide Convention in Las Vegas, now piloting at five U.S. locations. The system has processed over 1 million tra…
McDonald's is testing a new AI-powered order-taking system, ArchIQ, at five U.S. locations as part of CEO Chris Kempczinski's McDonald's NEXT strategy, with the technology having processed over one mi…
McDonald’s is testing a new AI drive-thru system called ArchIQ at five undisclosed U.S. locations, capable of taking orders in multiple languages and monitoring restaurant operations. The system, deve…
McDonald's is testing an AI voice-ordering system called ArchIQ at five U.S. drive-thru locations as part of its new McDonald's NEXT strategy, which CEO Chris Kempczinski unveiled this week to replace…
McDonald's is partnering with Google to deploy AI-powered drive-thru ordering technology, aiming to improve service speed and accuracy after previous automated systems produced mixed results. CEO Chri…
Forbes contributor Arun Goyal reports that approximately 50% of enterprise artificial intelligence projects are abandoned at the proof-of-concept stage by the end of 2025, citing weak data quality, in…
Arc, a voice AI startup founded by Square and Cash App veterans, has raised $10.76 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz to power drive-thru ordering and business optimization. The compan…
PepsiCo Chief People Officer Becky Schmitt said the company's "secret sauce" for hiring top talent in the AI era is prioritizing candidates with hustle, curiosity, and problem-solving skills over tech…