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McDonald's Drive-Thru AI Upgrade Leaves Customers Arguing With Mishearing Robots

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McDonald's Drive-Thru AI Upgrade Leaves Customers Arguing With Mishearing Robots

A new McDonald's drive-thru AI upgrade, designed to speed up orders, has instead gone viral for causing chaos as customers report the system repeatedly mishearing their requests—leading to one user's attempt to order a McFlurry resulting in a heated 5-minute argument with a robot that insisted they said "deep-fried pickles."