Taco Bell to expand AI tech at drive-thrus

Taco Bell customers across the U.S. might soon notice a difference in their drive-thru experience.

The fast food chain's parent company, Yum! Brands, announced Wednesday that it will be expanding its own artificial intelligence voice technology, dubbed Voice AI, to hundreds of Taco Bell drive-thrus throughout the U.S. by the end of the year.

"Yum! Brands is integrating digital and technology into all aspects of our business with exciting new capabilities, and AI is a core piece of that strategy," Yum's chief innovation officer...