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1996 ad's future price predictions miss AI scandal, but mostly accurate

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A 1996 advertisement attempted to predict future pricing trends, but notably missed the mark on McDonald's "AI price fixing scandal." The ad's predictions for other areas, however, were surprisingly accurate for the time. AI

RANK_REASON The item discusses a historical advertisement and a speculative AI scandal, lacking concrete news value.

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1996 ad's future price predictions miss AI scandal, but mostly accurate

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Advert from 1996 predicting the prices 30 years into the future. They failed to predict Mcdonald's # ai price fixing scandal increasing burger prices on the fly

    Advert from 1996 predicting the prices 30 years into the future. They failed to predict Mcdonald's # ai price fixing scandal increasing burger prices on the fly, but the rest isn't that far off! https://www. reuters.com/business/inside-mc donalds-push-have-ai-price-your-big-mac-2…

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