The 30-year-old woman was wearing a white mask and carrying two cans of white spray-paint when she ran into the Burger King in Andersons Bay Rd. Photo: Google MapsA masked protester defaced a drive-through at a fast food restaurant over the chain’s decision to replace human order-takers with AI. When she stopped at the drive through intercom, she whipped out the paint and wrote: ‘‘No AI, hire humans’’. She was arrested, and police found the two cans of spray paint and the white mask in her possession. When asked why she did it, she told officers she was ‘‘annoyed’’ at companies such as Burger King using AI technology instead of hiring humans.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 13, 2026 13:55 UTC