McDonald's Drive-Thru AI Upgrade Picks Up 'Glitch' That Keeps Repeating Customer Orders From Last Year
A technical analyst reviewing McDonald's drive-thru AI upgrade has uncovered a bizarre pattern in the restaurant chain's new ordering system: the AI is mistakenly processing entire conversations from drive-thru visits that occurred exactly 365 days ago, causing repeat orders of McFlurries and Egg McMuffins that customers never asked for. The glitch, which first surfaced at a location in Des Moines, Iowa, has now been linked to a corrupted memory cache that aligns with the AI's initial launch date. Analysts say the system appears to be "time-looping" audio data, effectively creating ghost orders from the past. "It's like the AI caught a cold from its own birthday," one analyst noted, "and now it's serving nostalgia you never wanted."