Square launches AI-powered conversational ordering kiosk for businesses

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Financial services company Square has introduced a new hardware product called the Square Kiosk. The device features a large touchscreen and a conversational AI voice system designed for customer orders. This AI layer is intended to understand a business's menu fully and process natural language requests in real-time. The kiosk aims to allow customers to order and ask questions through voice interaction as they would with human staff.

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