AI driven fast food future under California wage shock
California fast food firms face a wage rise to 20 dollars per hour and are expanding automation led by AI. Harshraj Ghai runs 180 outlets and is testing AI drive-thru orders while capping hours. Kiosk systems cut labor costs and may offset higher pay as operators push tech to replace staff, with mixed progress on robotics and automation.
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California
Ghai
McDonald’s
Philippines
Sunny
Burger King
San Jose
Ghats
Chipotle
Starbucks
BTIG
Michaela Mendelsohn
Mendelsohn
Los Angeles
Ventura Counties
Europe
U.S
Perse Faily
Faily
Tillster
Popeyes
Newspapers sue Microsoft and OpenAI over AI use
A coalition of eight newspapers filed a federal lawsuit in New York alleging Microsoft OpenAI illegally harvested millions of articles to power generative AI products including Copilot and ChatGPT They accuse the tech firms of misappropriating news content to build competing business models and undermine publishers revenues The suit names MediaNews Group Tribune Publishing and partners including San Jose Mercury News Denver Post Orange County Register St Paul Pioneer Press Chicago Tribune Orlando Sentinel and Sun Sentinel and New York Daily News
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Microsoft
Openai
Frank Pine
MediaNews Group
Tribune Publishing
New York
San Jose Mercury News
Denver Post
Orange County Register
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Chicago Tribune
Orlando Sentinel
South Florida
San Francisco
Wind farms can share land with farming study says
A study analyzing nearly 300 wind farms with over 15 000 turbines across 14 U S states and parts of Canada finds that wind sites often share space with agriculture and existing infrastructure. Projects on roads or existing layouts were seven times more land efficient, challenging the view that turbines must monopolize land.
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Environmental Science and Technology
Biden
United States
Sarah Jordaan
Jordaan
Department of Civil Engineering
McGill University
U.S. States
Canada
Mexico
Ben Hoen
Berkeley Lab
Washington Post-University of Maryland
Energy Information Administration
U.S
Hoen
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