Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut Implement AI

• Yum Brands to use AI in orders.
• Nvidia collaborates for the first time.
• Implementation in 500 locations.

Yum Brands, the parent company of Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut, has announced a partnership with Nvidia to integrate artificial intelligence into order taking.

The technology will allow them to assess the performance of their franchises across five continents.

This marks the first time Nvidia has collaborated with a restaurant company.

The AI system will be implemented in 500 Yum Brands locations in the second half of the year.

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So far, the company has not specified which regions of the world will be affected.

Fast food chains have been testing AI to reduce labor costs.

They have also experimented with technology in self-service ordering, supply management, and employee organization.

McDonald’s attempted something similar with Google Cloud and IBM, but their collaboration with IBM ended abruptly.

Wendy’s partnered with Palantir to optimize data from their locations using a cloud system.

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The competition in the fast food sector intensifies with the use of artificial intelligence.

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