Glitch in the Matrix: McDonald's Drive-Thru AI Upgrade Spits Out 'Ghost Orders' From 2019.
Mysterious data patterns are emerging from McDonald's newly installed AI drive-thru systems, revealing 'ghost orders' placed by customers who are no longer alive. Technical analyst Sarah Chen reports a 0.07% anomaly rate where the AI pulls incomplete transactions from 2019, asking for a Big Mac and fries that were never delivered. 'It's like the system is processing orders from a parallel timeline,' Chen warns, as the glitch has caused frozen registers at four locations.