Tag: Removing

McDonalds is removing its AI drive-thru voice ordering system from over 100 restaurants after its mishaps went viral

McDonald’s is removing its Automated Order Taker technology from over 100 restaurants. The food chain collaborated with IBM in 2021 to develop and deploy the AI software. Videos showing flaws with the technology at McDonald’s drive-thrus went viral in 2023. The advent of generative AI was supposed to devastate jobs across industries, including restaurants. Turns […]

‘A milestone for affordably removing carbon dioxide from the air’

The pipe dream of carbon capture is one step closer to reality thanks to a Bill Gates-backed startup that is burying bricks made from plants. The Washington Post detailed a “deceptively simple” procedure by Graphyte to sequester blocks of wood chips and rice hulls, calling it “a game-changer” for the industry, which has been held […]

Georgia Court Pauses Trump Election Case While It Weighs Removing Fani Wilis

A Georgia appeals court has halted all proceedings in former President Donald Trump’s election interference case while it weighs a request to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from being involved in it. The announcement comes a month after the appeals court agreed to reconsider a lower court ruling that allowed Willis to stay […]

RFK Jr. says he opposes removing Confederate statues

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. criticized the removal of Confederate statues in a recent interview, arguing that the people they honor may have had “other qualities.” Speaking Friday on the “Timcast IRL” podcast, Kennedy described a “visceral reaction to this destroying history.” “I don’t like it,” he told conservative podcaster Tim Pool. “I […]