Starbucks quietly retired its AI agent just months after deployment after it hallucinated coffee shop inventories and slowed down baristas
Starbucks has quietly scrapped its AI-powered inventory management system after only nine months since its deployment. The coffee giant confirmed...
Where Do E. Jean Carroll’s Lawsuits Against President Trump Stand?
The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the 82-year-old former magazine writer who accused Donald...
Next LA Phil Music Director Teases Plans for Orchestra’s Future: ‘An Ambitious Project Lined Up’
After a three-year, three-month and 24-day search, the Los Angeles Philharmonic has found its next music director in Grammy-winning conductor...
NY state earmarks $1M to launch new Hip Hop Museum in the Bronx
Hip Hop Hooray! Tucked into the just-approved massive $269 billion state budget is a $1 million line item providing operating...
CEO Receives Violent Threats After Kicking Off AI Layoffs
As the Australian software firm WiseTech lays off thousands of employees in a pivot to AI, its CEO Zubin Appoo...
Ne-Yo Recalls How a Huge Hip-Hop Icon Rejection Led to His Big Break: ‘I Wasn’t Trying To Be an Artist’
Sometimes, you never know when, where, or how your big break is going to come. For a long time, Ne-Yo...
Anthropic leapfrogs OpenAI as the most valuable AI startup — and drops a new model
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. WEFAnthropic released Opus 4.8, its latest general-purpose model, and closed a $65 billion fundraise.The company's new...
A ‘Promising Democracy’ That Can’t Stop Fighting Itself
This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here....
Janus Films Acquires Domestic Rights to Cannes Jury Prize Winner ‘The Dreamed Adventure’
Janus Films has acquired all North American rights to “The Dreamed Adventure,” directed by acclaimed German filmmaker Valeska Grisebach (“Western”),...
Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks candidly on his rupture with Trump
During the 2026 Mackinac Policy Conference, hosted in Michigan, former Vice President Mike Pence disclosed he and President Donald Trump...
