🍟 “Supersize my AI Fries” — Google’s Drive-Thru robots. Planet Fitness’ high schoolers. Airlines’ Apology Fee.

The Best One Yet

English - May 10, 2023 09:00 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 8.5K ratings
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Wendy’s just got hooked up with a Google AI robot that will take your order at the drive-thru window — and it’s programmed to upsell you. Planet Fitness is letting high schoolers workout for free this summer, because the free sample will lead to $72M/year in actual sales. And the White House is proposing new rules to force airlines to compensate you when they cancel a flight — aka “The Apology Fee” — Because this summer will be the riskiest travel season ever.

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