Presto Automation CEO Xavier Casanova Resigned on Sunday
By Dean Seal The chief executive of Presto Automation stepped down last Sunday, according to a Securities & Exchange Commission filing. The provider of...
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By Dean Seal The chief executive of Presto Automation stepped down last Sunday, according to a Securities & Exchange Commission filing. The provider of...
Checkers and Carl’s Jr are among US fast-food chains hailing AI-powered drive-thrus as labour-zapping wizards that speed up service. But a popular provider of these systems recently revealed a crucial part of how it gets so many orders right: humans.
The AI, which takes orders from drive-thru customers at Checkers and Carl's Jr, relies on humans for most of its customer interactions.
The fast-food burger chains Checkers and Carl's Jr have been trying out AI-powered drive-thrus at some of their locations that aren't quite as autonomous as they're made out to be. Bloomberg reports that this drive-thru AI system actually relies on a backbone of outsourced laborers who regularly have to intervene so that it takes customers' […]
Presto Automation pitches a talking chatbot which is able to take drive-thru orders with very little human intervention - and 'never forgets to upsell', the firm's website reads.