Cyera has signed a letter of intent to acquire Oasis Security in a deal reported by TechCrunch to be worth approximately $1 billion, paid mostly in cash with the remainder in Cyera shares. The acquisi…
A global SAP Emarsys survey of over 10,000 consumers found that 66% have switched from a previously loyal brand due to cost, with true brand loyalty dropping to 29% in 2025. AI shopping tools are acce…
At the Cannes Lions advertising festival, human creativity took center stage over AI, with marketers expressing more grounded views on AI's limitations. Havas research found 84% of brands suffer consu…
AI is transforming marketing, elevating chief marketing officers to some of the most powerful executives in business as they take on growth, technology, data, and AI strategy. A Boston Consulting Grou…
Brandon Bussi, a 27-year-old goaltender for the Carolina Hurricanes, became the first American goalie to clinch the Stanley Cup with a shutout since Jonathan Quick in 2014, after being claimed off wai…
An open-source project called Chipotlai Max has hardcoded Chipotle's customer-support chatbot "Pepper" as a default model to provide free inference, according to its GitHub repository. The project exp…
Developers reverse-engineered Chipotle's customer service chatbot Pepper to access its underlying AI for free coding assistance, creating tools like ChipotlAI Max that bypass subscription fees for com…
Pope Francis released an encyclical on artificial intelligence titled *Magnifica Humanitas*, warning that the technology risks becoming a tool of exclusion and exploitation if driven solely by profit …
Chipotle Chief Operating Officer Jason Kidd said Tuesday that the company's hiring process was "one of the most painful processes" for restaurant managers, prompting the chain to deploy an AI chatbot …
A group of developers released Chipotlai Max, a forked AI coding agent that uses Chipotle's customer support chatbot "Pepper" as its default model for free inference, after users discovered the bot co…
Starbucks has scrapped an AI-powered inventory tool after nine months due to frequent miscounting and mislabeling of items, according to an internal newsletter obtained by Reuters. The system, provide…