Frustrated with Taco Bell’s glitchy AI-powered drive-thru and its quick but wrong performance, customers have started trolling the AI with ridiculous orders, like this request for 18,000 water cups. Taco Bell’s parent company, Yum! Brands, is now reconsidering the tech’s rollout, but we’re not expecting too big of a pullback: earlier this year, the fast-food giant partnered with Nvidia to upgrade and expand its voice AI.
The S&P 500 posted another record close on Thursday, rising 0.3%. That’s despite the biggest stock in the world, Nvidia, falling a little less than 1% after reporting solid but unspectacular Q2 results. The Nasdaq 100 outperformed with a 0.6% advance, while the Russell 2000 rose 0.2%.
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