Your drive-thru ordering experience is about to get smarter, with McDonald’s trialing AI-powered ordering software at ten Chicago-based locations. The ordering boards are powered by software acquired by McDonald’s when they purchased Apprente, back in 2019. Speaking at Alliance Bernstein’s Strategic Decisions Conference, CEO Chris Kempczinski said that the voice-ordering tech has about an 85% accuracy rate, with only a fifth of orders needing some human intervention in the ordering process. McDonald’s is also looking into automating parts of the kitchen, with fryers and grills on the roadmap. Those won’t be appearing in stores for another five years or so, according to Kempczinski.