Bacon on Ice Cream, and the Chatbot That Lawyered Up

The Daily Slop Show · Aug 24, 2026 · 6m

McDonald's unbolts its drive-thru voice agent after bacon lands on ice cream and a nugget order keeps climbing. An airline tells a tribunal its chatbot is a separate legal entity with its own actions. Plus: a wire beats Bluetooth, and a snack shop run by a model in an imaginary blue blazer.

In this edition

The Drive-Thru Bites Back

Meanwhile

Take It Up With The Chatbot

Something Useful

Something Weird

Chapters

0:07 — Welcome to the Daily AI Slop podcast

0:35 — The Drive-Thru Bites Back

2:21 — Meanwhile

2:57 — Take It Up With The Chatbot

4:13 — Something Useful…