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Starbucks Teams Up With OpenAI To Launch 'Green Dot Assist', A Virtual Barista Tool That Helps Staff Customize Drinks, Troubleshoot Issues And Speed Up Service
Thursday, June 12, 2025 - 9:09am | 461Starbucks Corp (NASDAQ:SBUX) has launched a new AI tool to help baristas prepare drinks. What Happened: Green Dot Assist, the Seattle-based coffee chain announced, is an AI tool developed with Microsoft Azure’s OpenAI, Business Insider reports. It will serve as a virtual assistant for...
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Will Coffee Prices Continue to Tumble in 2014?
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 2:56pm | 596What will 2014 mean for the price of your daily cup (or two) of coffee? If you purchase that morning beverage or afternoon pick-up from your local barista, you probably won't see much of a change. But a continuing oversupply of coffee on a global scale probably means supermarket and wholesale...
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Is McDonald's Taking on Starbucks in Coffee Wars?
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 10:30am | 607McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) CEO Don Thompson wouldn’t name the Seattle-based chain as a competitor when he said Thursday that his company has less than its “fair share” of the coffee market. To date, McDonald’s “share” of restaurant coffee servings in the U.S. is less than 13 percent, according to...