{"id":218645,"date":"2026-05-22T09:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/starbucks-dumps-ai-powered-inventory-tool-due-to-errors\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T10:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:00:11","slug":"starbucks-dumps-ai-powered-inventory-tool-due-to-errors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/starbucks-dumps-ai-powered-inventory-tool-due-to-errors\/","title":{"rendered":"Starbucks Dumps AI-Powered Inventory Tool Due to Errors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/news\/artificial-intelligence\/2026\/starbucks-dumps-ai-powered-inventory-tool-counting-errors\/\">Starbucks Dumps AI-Powered Inventory Tool Due to Errors<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/news\/artificial-intelligence\/2026\/starbucks-dumps-ai-powered-inventory-tool-counting-errors\/\">https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/news\/artificial-intelligence\/2026\/starbucks-dumps-ai-powered-inventory-tool-counting-errors\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-22 09:54:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.pymnts.com\">www.pymnts.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>AI Inventory App Miscounts<\/strong>: Starbucks stopped using an AI inventory app after discovering persistent inaccuracies in counting and labeling products.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Implementation and Technology<\/strong>: The app was deployed in North American stores in September, utilizing LIDAR and camera data for inventory scans.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Performance Issues<\/strong>: Despite initial claims of improved product availability, employees reported frequent counting errors made by the app.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Decision to Cease Use<\/strong>: Starbucks decided to discontinue the app in favor of standardizing inventory counting methods to ensure consistency.<\/li>\n<li><strong>NomadGo&#8217;s Responses<\/strong>: The app&#8217;s supplier, NomadGo, noted they are continuously improving based on user feedback.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Previous Claims of Efficiency<\/strong>: NomadGo originally claimed that their AI technology could count up to eight times faster than manual efforts with 99% accuracy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Role of Technology in Starbucks\u2019 Strategy<\/strong>: Starbucks&#8217; Chairman and CEO emphasized the critical role of digital platforms and technology in the company&#8217;s future efficiency gains.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starbucks Dumps AI-Powered Inventory Tool Due to Errors https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/news\/artificial-intelligence\/2026\/starbucks-dumps-ai-powered-inventory-tool-counting-errors\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-22 09:54:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218646,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Starbucks.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218645"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218645"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218647,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218645\/revisions\/218647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}