'You won’t know you’re talking to anybody but an employee.'
FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty ImagesWendy's is the latest fast food chain to get in on the AI craze. The company hasthat the Ohio-based company will be introducing an AI chatbot, developed by Google's cloud-computing division, to one of its Columbus locations as it tests out whether the technology can help "streamline" its business.
While we don't know much about the chatbot yet, including how much it costs or what kind of interface it will use, a glib comment from Wendy's CEO Todd Penegor reveals the dystopian undertones of the whole endeavor.. "You won’t know you’re talking to anybody but an employee.
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