{"id":231018,"date":"2026-06-12T21:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T01:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/mcdonalds-fired-its-ai-now-its-back-with-googles\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T04:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T08:20:15","slug":"mcdonalds-fired-its-ai-now-its-back-with-googles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/mcdonalds-fired-its-ai-now-its-back-with-googles\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald\u2019s Fired Its AI. Now It\u2019s Back With Google\u2019s."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/news\/artificial-intelligence\/2026\/mcdonalds-fired-ai-now-its-back-with-googl\/\">McDonald\u2019s Fired Its AI. Now It\u2019s Back With Google\u2019s.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/news\/artificial-intelligence\/2026\/mcdonalds-fired-ai-now-its-back-with-googl\/\">https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/news\/artificial-intelligence\/2026\/mcdonalds-fired-ai-now-its-back-with-googl\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-12 21:16:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.pymnts.com\">www.pymnts.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>McDonald\u2019s has introduced ArchIQ, a Google-powered AI ordering system, already processing over 1 million orders with 90% completed without employee intervention.<\/li>\n<li>The AI is running tests in five U.S. locations as part of a broader growth strategy called McDonald\u2019s &gt; NEXT, focusing on menu upgrades, restaurant design, and operational efficiency.<\/li>\n<li>The company aims to enhance drive-thru efficiency, which accounts for 70% of U.S. sales, using ArchIQ to improve order accuracy, throughput speed, and reduce employee intervention.<\/li>\n<li>McDonald\u2019s has previously ended a partnership with IBM over issues with automation, including misunderstanding accents and generating incorrect orders.<\/li>\n<li>ArchIQ offers both ordering and management support capabilities, helping operators to identify bottlenecks and manage daily performance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McDonald\u2019s Fired Its AI. Now It\u2019s Back With Google\u2019s. https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/news\/artificial-intelligence\/2026\/mcdonalds-fired-ai-now-its-back-with-googl\/ Publish Date: 2026-06-12 21:16:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":231019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/McDonalds.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231018"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231020,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231018\/revisions\/231020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}