McDonald\'s has unveiled a three-year roadmap called \'McDonald\'s Next\' built around AI, including a $8.5 billion investment to improve restaurants and boost efficiency. The company highlighted a data flywheel, an AI-based store operating system called ArchIQ, and cooperation with Google on infrastructure. It said voice AI, automated inventory tracking and connected equipment will cut labor time and waste. McDonald\'s also introduced a global mobile platform, GMA1, to integrate ordering, marketing and loyalty.

John Kindervag, who created the concept of zero trust, has published a new book arguing the model remains effective in the AI era. Kindervag first introduced zero trust in a 2010 Forrester Research report, and it later became a core cyber security principle. He said experts concluded AI threats are faster, more sophisticated and larger in scale, but fundamentally unchanged. The key, he said, is correct implementation through a policy engine that reflects an organisation’s security posture.