Mainstream: Starbucks Drops Ai Stocking

6/2/26

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“Starbucks terminated an AI program workers used for automating certain inventory counts this week, nine months after deploying it across its North American ‌stores, according to an internal newsletter reviewed by Reuters and two people with direct knowledge of the situation.”

Keep track of these Ai rollbacks - they reflect an argument for the workforce, the failures of Ai as a replacement, and the potential (inevitable?) reality that no tech is worth the level of tangible resource drain being asked. #Microsoft #Uber #Starbucks - all taking back their Ai aimed at “efficiency”.

Read Reuters Article Here: https://www.reuters.com/business/starbucks-scraps-ai-inventory-tool-across-north-america-2026-05-21/?fbclid=IwY2xjawSMGXRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEerre-1WiY8-4reZbToXm3bPURILqGryQVGCWnbwXddFnMD1mZGUyIafNOv6w_aem_0cFIvuiP6KxlI3nEaSVIHQ

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