Starbucks, ChatGPT want AI to help pick your next drink

article Starbucks and ChatGPT team up for a beta app that lets AI help customers choose a drink. (Image provided by Startbucks) The Brief Starbucks teamed up with ChatGPT to let AI help users decide what to order.Users do not need to start with a drink suggestion and can describe a mood, craving, or something else to start a new chat.ChatGPT will also let users upload a photo that the AI will use to generate suggestions. The scene plays out every day in coffeehouses everywhere. A customer reaches the front of the line and immediately cannot decide what to order. There are so many options: maybe just get the usual, maybe a tea, maybe coffee, maybe a Frappuccino, iced or hot… What is that, something new? Meanwhile, a restless crowd still waiting for their caffeine fix grows more and more impatient. AI for Your Drinks Starbucks hopes artificial intelligence may be the solution to all that indecision and has turned to ChatGPT for help. The coffee giant launched a beta Starbucks app inside of ChatGPT that will suggest drinks in a way, the company hopes, "feels natural, personal, and fun." What you can do: Customers do not need to start the chat by naming a drink, Starbucks explained. They can describe a mood, a craving, or whatever they are feeling. They can also upload a photo, and ChatGPT will handle the rest. A ChatGPT user can use the beta app by tagging @Starbucks in a new chat. After deciding on a drink, the customer can go ahead and order it through the Starbucks app or ...