The bigger number is the one McDonald’s needs people to trust. About 90% of those orders reportedly needed no human intervention. That sounds promising, but this is not a clean reset. Its earlier IBM backed AI drive thru experiment ended after viral mistakes turned automated ordering into a public punchline. McDonald’s is also not testing this in a vacuum. Wendy’s , Taco Bell , Dairy Queen, Bojangles, Carl’s Jr., Hardee’s, and others have chased AI ordering, with
