McDonald’s is testing new drive thru AI technology that has facial recognition that can recognize you when you pull up They are also equipped with license plate readers The demo shows future capabilities like facial and license plate recognition to greet repeat customers by name and recall “usual” orders This isn’t just a concept, it’s live and being used right now It’s testing at 5 U.S. locations right now and has already processed over 1 million transactions, with 90% handled completely without human intervention I don’t want McDonald’s to have my biometric and license plate data

Archy is just a small part of the new upgrade. In fact, we were upgrading our infrastructure before we knew anything about the Google/NVIDIA partnership. We currently run 2 older physical servers (Dell t130 or Levono) in combination with some virtual servers but we are maxed out on capacity. Between mobile orders, delivery orders & other needs we were at the end of the biz cycle for our old infrastructure.

McDonald’s is rolling out an AI model named Archy who will replace human drive-thru attendants. I wonder how many jobs Archy will take from human beings. This job displacement is happening much quicker than most people expected.

How many jobs with Archy take?

McDonald's is testing a new AI-powered drive-thru system in the US that's already handled over 1 million orders across five test locations, via McFranchisee

🐼🇮🇩 Meet Rio — Indonesia’s first giant panda cub! Born Nov 27, 2025 (200g), now a healthy 11 kg male at 184 days old. He can walk independently, interact with mom Hu Chun, and has started eating bamboo shoots. ✅ The only giant panda cub born outside China in the last 3 years. A milestone for global conservation collaboration 🌏 🎥 Video source: Taman Safari Indonesia & @likingpanda #GiantPanda #Rio #Conservation #Indonesia #TamanSafari