Artificial Intelligence will soon take fast-food orders at 500 major chains including Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC. Through a partnership with technology company Nvidia, fast-food giant Yum! Brands ...

For more than 50 years, the drive-thru speaker has been a symbol of convenience. But for customers, it’s often been a test of ...

Fast food companies have been experimenting with integrating artificial intelligence into their restaurants, from Flippy the burger-flipping robot at White Castle to dynamic pricing at Wendy's. One ...

Rich DeMuro visits a Wienerschnitzel in Pico Rivera—one of a growing number of fast food spots now using AI to take drive-thru orders. Sacramento rocked this week by a public corruption scandal in ...

Taco Bell’s chief digital officer says the company is having an “active conversation” about when to use and not use AI. The company has apparently rolled out voice AI-powered ordering at more than 500 ...

Let’s start with a debate on consumer behavior: Are fewer restaurant goers visiting the drive-thru? From January 2024 through June 2025, there have been consistent gains in dine-in, delivery, and ...

Picture this: You're at the Wendy's drive-thru. You pull up to the speaker with zero clue what you, or the seven other people in your car, want to eat. You're blasting "Party Rock Anthem" and can't ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Gone are the days of the fast-food worker ...

Yum! Brands has parnedred with NVIDIA to implement AI drive-thru order-taking and efficiency systems at KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut. The company said the AI technology will optimize drive-thru ...