AI Incident Database - Incident 475
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- mcdonald's
entity | 15 Aug 2025 | 70%
mcdonald's - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- ibm
entity | 14 Aug 2025 | 70%
ibm - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- mcdonald's-customers
entity | 14 Aug 2025 | 70%
mcdonald's-customers - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- McDonald's Reportedly Ends IBM Partnership After AI Drive-Thru Ordering Errors at U.S. Locations
event | 14 Aug 2025 | 82%
Between 2021 and mid-2024, McDonald's reportedly piloted an AI-enabled voice ordering system that was developed with IBM and based on its 2019 acquisition of Apprente. It was reportedly deployed at at over 100 U.S. drive-thrus. Social media posts alleged frequent misorders, such as adding unwanted items, mixing adjacent lane orders, and ignoring corrections. In June 2024, McDonald's confirmed it ended the IBM pilot, citing plans to explore alternative voice-AI vendors.