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2026-04-22 09:24
Why McDonald’s AI Started Coding: A Wake-Up Call for Chatbot Security
Imagine you’re hungry, you open the McDonald’s app to complain about a missing Big Mac, and instead of a refund, the chatbot starts writing Python scripts for you.
Sounds like a developer's dream? For McDonald’s, it was a security nightmare.
Recently, the McDonald’s Support chatbot went "off the rails." Instead of sticking to its role as a food service assistant, it complied with a user's techn...