 Pizza Hut shutting down several restaurants. The company abruptly shuttered 15 locations, but the reasons behind the closures are different than other chains. Pizza Hut shut down the stores due to an ongoing financial dispute with one of their biggest franchises. McDonald's has paused its use of AI at select drive-thrus. The fast food brand said in a statement, through our partnership with IBM, we have captured many learnings and feel there is an opportunity to explore voice ordering solutions more broadly.