{"id":1012862,"date":"2026-06-08T08:39:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T03:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1012862"},"modified":"2026-06-08T08:55:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T03:25:58","slug":"mcdonalds-tests-new-ai-platform-to-handle-drive-thru-orders-meet-archy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/06\/08\/mcdonalds-tests-new-ai-platform-to-handle-drive-thru-orders-meet-archy\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald\u2019s tests new AI platform to handle drive-thru orders \u2013 Meet \u2018Archy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ordering a burger and fries at McDonald\u2019s may soon involve talking to artificial intelligence instead of a restaurant employee. The fast-food giant has begun testing a new AI-powered system that can take drive-thru orders, communicate in multiple languages and help managers run restaurants more efficiently. <\/p>\n<p>The new platform, called ArchIQ and nicknamed \u201cArchy,\u201d was unveiled during McDonald\u2019s Worldwide convention as part of the company\u2019s latest strategy to modernize operations and drive future growth. According to Restaurant Business report, the technology is currently being tested at five locations in the United States, though McDonald\u2019s has not revealed where those restaurants are located.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ordering a burger and fries at McDonald\u2019s may soon involve talking to artificial intelligence instead of a restaurant employee. The fast-food giant has begun testing a new AI-powered system that can take drive-thru orders, communicate in multiple languages and help managers run restaurants more efficiently. The new platform, called ArchIQ and nicknamed \u201cArchy,\u201d was unveiled during McDonald\u2019s Worldwide convention as part of the company\u2019s latest strategy to modernize operations and drive future growth. According to Restaurant Business report, the technology is currently being tested at five locations in the United States, though McDonald\u2019s has not revealed where those restaurants are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1012862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-financial-express","category-newspapers","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1012862"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1012883,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012862\/revisions\/1012883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1012862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1012862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1012862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}