Companies have touted AI as future of the industry, but technology has also resulted in viral videos of wrong ordersMcDonald’s is ending its test of employing artificial intelligence chatbots at drive-thrus, raising questions over the fast food industry’s rush to roll out the technology.The world’s largest burger chain will remove automated AI-based...

Nikhil Gupta accused of plotting to kill US resident who has advocated for sovereign Sikh state in northern IndiaAn Indian man suspected by the US of involvement in an unsuccessful plot to kill a Sikh separatist on American soil has pleaded not guilty to murder-for-hire conspiracy charges in a federal court in Manhattan.Nikhil Gupta, 52, has been accused...

Colonel Edward Thomas Ryan, who died at age 85, will be buried next to his life partner Paul CavagnaroA US military veteran who died earlier this month came out as gay in an obituary published after his death.The obituary in the Albany Times-Union tells the story of Colonel Edward Thomas Ryan, a decorated army officer who served in the Vietnam war and...

Far-right party says move would free up €3bn and that public television and radio need ‘a bit of liberty’Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally intends to privatise public television and radio if it wins an absolute majority in the French parliament in snap elections, senior party figures have confirmed.Jordan Bardella, the party president, told France...

Kylian Mbappé and Marion Bartoli among athletes criticised by rightwing politicians for intervening More than 200 French athletes and sporting personalities have signed an open letter calling on voters to reject the far right in the snap parliamentary election called by Emmanuel Macron, describing it as “not only … a civic duty, but also an act of love...

This live blog is closedKeir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have been campaigning in Hampshire this morning. Stefan Rousseau from PA Media took this picture of them on the train.The SNP has called for a social tariff that would guarantee cheap energy bills for people who are poor, disabled or elderly.We believe that there are certain things that every citizen...