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Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s put AI to work in drive-thrus

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CKE Restaurants, the parent company of Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s, is rolling out artificial intelligence technology to automate voice ordering at select drive-thru locations across the U.S. CKE chief technology officer Phil Crawford said the AI is particularly adept at upselling customers.

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