Mcdonald's Drive-Thru AI Upgrade Fails Spectacularly as Robot Takes Order for 17 Happy Meals, None for Customer
In a embarrassing mishap at a McDonald's in Ohio, the chain's latest drive-thru AI upgrade went haywire, incorrectly awarding a customer a receipt for 17 Happy Meals while the actual order—a single coffee—sat unfulfilled. The customer, visibly flustered, reported that the AI system refused to accept corrections, insisting, "I have already processed your order for 19 items." McDonald's later clarified the glitch was caused by a software update error and not a full rollout issue, assuring fans that the rollback is already in progress.