文章核心观点 - 麦当劳正计划在100多家门店停止使用人工智能驱动的自动点餐系统,原因是顾客投诉收到了未点的商品[1][2][3] - 这些问题包括给一位顾客多加了9杯甜茶,以及给另一位顾客加了培根冰淇淋等[3][4][5] - 麦当劳表示将继续评估未来使用语音点餐解决方案的计划[2][11][12] 公司相关 - 麦当劳于2019年收购了人工智能初创公司Apprente,目的是在餐厅驱动窗口部署基于人工智能的语音解决方案,提高点餐效率[6][7] - 后来麦当劳将Apprente并入自己的人工智能部门McD Tech Labs,并在2021年将其出售给IBM[7][8] - IBM与麦当劳合作,负责扩大人工智能自动点餐系统的推广[8][13][14] - 麦当劳表示IBM仍将是其可信赖的合作伙伴,双方将继续在其他项目上合作[11][15] 行业动态 - 其他快餐连锁店如Checkers、Rally's、Hardee's、Carl's Jr.等也在测试或已经全面实施了人工智能驱动的点餐系统[16] - 多米诺披萨使用人工智能语音识别进行点餐,并使用机器学习算法优化配送路线和时间[17] - 星巴克则利用人工智能个性化推荐客户[17] - 肯德基在中国某些门店使用人工智能人脸识别技术预测客户点单[18]

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. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read preview Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. Email address By ...

Blue-chip stocks are synonymous with stability and reliability. Investors search amongst these names to find companies with long track records of strong performance, healthy financials and established market presence. These stocks typically come attached to a premium price tag. Yet, even in the current market euphoria, with indices climbing to new heights by the day, a decent number of blue-chip gems are trading near their 52-week lows.Despite most blue-chip stocks continuing to post strong results in recen ...

Some may call it corporate greed, and some may buy the media message, but the truth is that fast food isn’t cheap or quick. This CNBC short documentary covered some of the factors behind fast food price increases. However, it only covered one side of the equation, and investors should have access to the whole picture.The whole picture includes some corporate greed factors, as the issue doesn’t just lie with wage increases and commodity costs; it goes way beyond that. Investors—and consumers—should know that ...

Magdalena Wygralak McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) is looking back on a 13-quarter streak of uninterrupted, comparable sales growth, despite high inflation weighing on consumer spending in the last two years. The fast-food chain is, despite headwinds, generating consistent, low-single digit growth in comparable revenues and continues to focus aggressively on expansion, both in the U.S. and abroad. I believe McDonald’s is set to benefit from moderating inflation -- a key catalyst for accelerating growth in system- ...

The most recent trading session ended with McDonald's (MCD) standing at $254.28, reflecting a +0.19% shift from the previouse trading day's closing. The stock lagged the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.27%. Elsewhere, the Dow lost 0.31%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 0.88%.Shares of the world's biggest hamburger chain witnessed a loss of 6.45% over the previous month, trailing the performance of the Retail-Wholesale sector with its gain of 0.48% and the S&P 500's gain of 2.85%.Market participants will be clos ...

McDonald's (MCD) closed the most recent trading day at $253.81, moving -0.94% from the previous trading session. The stock trailed the S&P 500, which registered a daily gain of 0.26%. Meanwhile, the Dow gained 0.18%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, added 0.35%.The world's biggest hamburger chain's stock has dropped by 6.83% in the past month, falling short of the Retail-Wholesale sector's loss of 0.54% and the S&P 500's gain of 3.25%.Market participants will be closely following the financial results of ...

McDonald's has lost the EU trademark for use of the term "Big Mac" in relation to chicken sandwiches.The European Court of Justice (ECJ) upheld a complaint against the US fast food giant from Irish rival Supermac's. In 2017 Supermac's attempted to revoke McDonald's use of the term Big Mac, which the company had registered in 1996 for meat, fish and chicken sandwiches and a range of services at restaurants, including takeaway food and drive-through facilities.Generally the rights of a holder to an EU Tradema ...

文章核心观点 - 欧盟法院裁定麦当劳在欧盟失去"大麦克"商标权 [1][3][4][7] - 这是一个对小企业有利的裁决,代表了对大型跨国公司商标使用的一种常识性的方法 [7] - 麦当劳仍可以在欧洲继续使用"大麦克"商标,但不能用于鸡肉类产品 [7][8] 公司相关 - 麦当劳在欧洲的"大麦克"商标受到限制,不能用于鸡肉类产品 [7][8] - 麦当劳表示这一裁决不影响其在欧洲使用"大麦克"商标的权利,并将继续为当地社区提供服务 [8] - 麦当劳可以就此裁决向欧洲最高法院提出上诉 [8] 行业相关 - 这一裁决被认为是对大型跨国公司商标使用的一种常识性的方法,有利于小企业 [7] - 爱尔兰快餐连锁店Supermac's成功申请撤销麦当劳在欧盟的"大麦克"商标 [1][4][5][6] - 这一裁决将允许其他竞争对手使用"麦"字来销售鸡肉类产品 [1]

McDonald’s was stripped of trademark rights to the “Chicken Big Mac” in the European Union after not using the name for five consecutive years, the region’s second top court said on Wednesday,The decision by the Luxembourg-based General Court was a partial win for Irish rival Supermac’s in its long-running trademark dispute with the Chicago-based fast food giant.“The evidence which was submitted by McDonald’s does not provide any indication of the extent of use of the mark in connection with those goods, in ...