{
  "id": 10700731,
  "title": "Investigation: McDonald's is utilizing an AI pricing engine across nearly 14,000 restaurants to generate location-specific \"optimal prices\" for menu items (Waylon Cunningham/Reuters)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/investigation-mcdonalds-is-utilizing-an-ai-pricing-engine-across",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-29T13:20:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.reuters.com/business/inside-mcdonalds-push-have-ai-price-your-big-mac-2026-09-29/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "McDonald's is increasingly using artificial intelligence to guide menu prices across the U.S. and some global markets …",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}