Savannah Group, a boutique executive recruitment consultancy serving FTSE firms, has gone into insolvency after investing heavily in its AI platform MapX. The company's revenue fell 20% to £12.4m in 2…
Jersey Mike's IPO documents mention artificial intelligence 22 times, despite the company selling submarine sandwiches, illustrating how investor demand for AI has led non-tech companies to exaggerate…
Autodesk CMO Dara Treseder said at Cannes Lions that the best marketers will know when not to use AI, as the industry faces both excitement and anxiety over the technology. She praised Adidas and Nike…
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…
Major companies including Starbucks, Klarna, and McDonald's are reversing AI deployments that replaced human workers, citing failures in customer satisfaction and operational accuracy. The rollback hi…
Hunar.AI has deployed voice AI agents to automate frontline hiring, powering over 500,000 calls daily for enterprises including Swiggy, Zepto, Croma, and Starbucks. The platform connects over 2 millio…
Starbucks Korea sparked public outrage on May 18 by launching a "Tank Day" coffee promotion on the anniversary of the 1980 Gwangju massacre, a day South Koreans commemorate the killing of protestors b…
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…
Starbucks faced a public relations crisis after an AI-driven promotion generated offensive content, while OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reversed his stance on AI safety, acknowledging the technology's limitat…
Starbucks will factor employees' use of artificial intelligence into bonus decisions for its technology workers. The policy change ties compensation to AI adoption as the coffee chain seeks to acceler…
Starbucks has quietly scrapped its AI-powered inventory management system after only nine months, following reports that the tool frequently miscounted or mislabeled items and slowed down baristas. Th…
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol's artificial intelligence initiative has failed, raising questions about the company's broader turnaround strategy. The AI-powered system, designed to streamline operations …
Starbucks is scaling back its artificial intelligence investments while competitors accelerate AI adoption, a strategic shift that could impact the coffee chain's operational efficiency and stock perf…
Starbucks has ended its artificial intelligence-powered inventory management program across all North American stores, according to Reuters. The coffee chain discontinued the system, which was designe…
Starbucks has abandoned its AI initiative as Meta, Intuit, and other major tech companies cut over 11,000 jobs this week, signaling a structural shift in the labor market that experts are calling "AI …
Lightspeed Venture Partners has hired a new partner, Zau, who will serve a dual role as both a seed investor and an in-house creator, leveraging her social media following of over 350,000 to shape the…
After graduating from Arizona State University, the author spent four years working various customer service jobs, including as a receptionist and barista, before landing her first full-time role as a…