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The Verge · FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2026
Dairy Queen installs AI chatbot at drive-thrus; ice cream machine status unreported
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The customer will now speak to software about a Blizzard. A meeting has been scheduled. The meeting will produce an agenda for a future meeting.
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