Frustration over Order-Taking Failures in McDonald's Trustworthy AI Drive-Thru System - Join Us for Responsible AI Development

June 2, 2021

Experience issues with McDonald's AI drive-through ordering system, launched in June 2021? These order-taking failures are causing dissatisfaction among customers. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible AI and prevent similar incidents? JOIN US
Alleged deployer
mcdonald's
Alleged developer
ibm
Alleged harmed parties
mcdonald's-customers

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/475

Data source

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McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

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