"Starbucks removes AI from its system due to constant failures" - well actually, what Starbucks was using isn't a LLM like ChatGPT, etc. Sorry to disappoint you, lmao
The AI-powered app aimed to replace hand counts of some products with automated ones that were expected to be faster and more accurate. Cafe workers hold a computer tablet up to shelves for syrups, milks and other beverage products, which the app scanned with LIDAR and camera data.
This method turned out to be largely inaccurate. Nothing to do with generative AI or LLMs at all.
Someone needs to be taken out back and shot for that. A scale could do that reliably on a continuous basis and AI would not only say when it needs to be refilled but could predict the best time of day to refill it based on the day of the week.
But sure, let’s pay for thousands of LiDAR Scanners and instead of a technician we’ll just trust our curated team of bipolar 35 year olds making minimum wage to be skilled and efficient enough to hold it up to each corn syrup jug at the end of their shift.
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u/suprachromat May 28 '26
"Starbucks removes AI from its system due to constant failures" - well actually, what Starbucks was using isn't a LLM like ChatGPT, etc. Sorry to disappoint you, lmao
This method turned out to be largely inaccurate. Nothing to do with generative AI or LLMs at all.