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McDonald’s discontinues its AI drive-thru trial as the fast-food industry explores automation options

TikTok ads might soon feature AI-generated avatars of popular creators

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Mcdonald Odijie
June 18, 2024

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McDonald’s discontinues its AI drive-thru trial as the fast-food industry explores automation options

Fast food giant McDonald's has chosen to discontinue its AI-powered drive-thru ordering systems  after a two-year trial in over 100 U.S. locations in partnership with IBM. Despite the industry's shift towards automation, McDonald's AI drive-thru experiment didn't quite hit the mark.

TikTok ads might soon feature AI-generated avatars of popular creators

TikTok ads are on the brink of a major transformation, with cutting-edge technology paving the way for your favorite creators to soon have AI-generated digital twins starring in advertisements,

DeepMind's latest AI can generate soundtracks and dialogue for videos

DeepMind, Google's AI research lab, has introduced V2A (Video-to-Audio), a groundbreaking  AI tool designed to revolutionize video sound editing. This innovative technology can automatically generate soundtracks, sound effects, and dialogue, streamlining the process and eliminating editing headaches.

Google launches the Gemini mobile app in India, offering support for nine Indian languages

Google has just launched its AI assistant mobile app, Gemini, in India. But that's not all – Gemini arrives with multilingual capabilities, supporting a whopping nine Indian languages alongside English!

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