DOWN TO BUSINESS

🍔 McDonald’s embraces AI across 43,000 restaurants

McDonald’s is rolling out AI to streamline operations and improve customer experience. AI-driven predictive maintenance monitors kitchen equipment to prevent breakdowns, computer vision ensures order accuracy before food is served, and a generative AI virtual manager is handling admin tasks like scheduling—reducing managerial workloads and boosting efficiency.

🌮 Taco Bell’s virtual management

YumBrands, Taco Bell’s parent, has unveiled an agentic system—an AI that can execute multi-step tasks with minimal human intervention—to take on crew scheduling, order-taking and even strategic decision-making.

🚗 General Motors invests in AI for autonomous vehicles

GM is integrating advanced AI systems to enhance its autonomous driving capabilities, aiming to improve safety and efficiency in its future vehicle lineups. It just appointed Barak Turovsky as its first Chief AI Officer, signaling its commitment to advancing AI across its operations.

🛍️ Walmart enhances retail operations with AI

Walmart is leveraging AI to optimize inventory management, streamline supply chain operations, and enhance customer experiences through personalized shopping recommendations. It recently expanded its AI applications beyond delivery route optimization to address inventory management challenges and enhance developer productivity.

📊 Investment banks leverage AI to reduce junior workloads

Leading investment banks, including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and UBS, are implementing AI to handle repetitive tasks traditionally assigned to junior staff, such as data analysis and document correction. This strategic move allows junior bankers to focus on higher-value activities, enhancing overall efficiency.

TRENDING TOPIC

🤔 Heard of Model Context Protocol?

Just announced by Anthropic, MCP is an open-source protocol that makes AI integrations effortless. Instead of building one-off connections for every database, CRM, or tool, MCP standardizes the process—so AI can pull in real-time company data; automate workflows instantly; and update reports on the fly.

In short, MCP makes AI smarter, faster, and more connected to your business. Big move for AI adoption!

HOT MODELS

Google’s Gemma 3 is optimized for enterprise integration, offering advanced reasoning and automation while running efficiently on standard business infrastructure.

GPT-4.5, OpenAI’s most advanced model yet, enhances emotional understanding and intuitive communication for more natural interactions.

xAI’s Grok-3, trained with 10x more computing power, excels in reasoning, math, and problem-solving, outperforming its predecessor.

Claude 3.7, the first hybrid AI model, lets users control reasoning depth, blending instinctive responses with step-by-step logic for greater flexibility.

Tencent’s Hunyuan Turbo S is built for speed, delivering sub-second responses and strong performance in knowledge, math, and reasoning.

MAKING GAINS

🤖 “AI Agents” are learning how to work like humans

Forget basic chatbots—new AI “agents” can search, summarize, book, and even negotiate in digital workflows. Perplexity AI, for example, is pioneering AI-driven research assistants that can replace hours of manual search. This is a massive step beyond simple automation, where AI can actively work on complex business tasks across departments.

DON’T PANIC

🩺 AI’s not ready to play doctor yet

A new study in Nature’s Communications Medicine found that AI missed 66% of critical health conditions in hospitalized patients. Despite the hype, AI is still struggling with complex medical predictions, proving it’s far from replacing doctors anytime soon.

AT INVISIBLE

🛵 Invisible helped a leading delivery platform scale onboarding 233% faster

When demand for delivery surged, the company faced a massive onboarding bottleneck. Instead of throwing more people at the problem, they leveraged AI-driven automation to streamline menu digitization, cutting onboarding time by 233% and reducing costs by 50%. The takeaway? You can drive measurable efficiency gains by identifying repeatable processes in your core operations.

PLOT TWIST

🇯🇵 Get your AI doppelgänger to cover for you

In Japan, roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro built an AI-powered clone of himself—complete with human hair, realistic skin, and eerily natural movements. It breathes, blinks, fidgets, and even does his job for him–delivering lectures in his place using real-time AI-generated responses based on his past teachings.

💼 Enterprise takeaway: Success in AI isn’t about chasing the biggest models or the flashiest tech—it’s about smart, strategic execution. Start with a well-defined business problem and then identify where AI can create transformative impact.