According to @DowdEdward, Starbucks (SBUX) is experiencing slowing growth and a weaker consumer, while the new CEO is betting on AI to improve efficiency and top-line growth to bolster margins and revenues (source: @DowdEdward). According to @DowdEdward, current AI error rates and hallucinations could make this rollout a costly experiment, implying execution and margin risk for SBUX if efficiency gains fail to materialize (source: @DowdEdward). According to @DowdEdward, no direct cryptocurrency impact is cited, as the comments focus on SBUX’s AI deployment and operating outlook (source: @DowdEdward).

According to @StockMKTNewz, Starbucks SBUX increased its quarterly dividend to 0.62 dollars per share from 0.61 dollars per share, a rise of roughly 1.6 percent based on the figures provided by the same source. Based on this update, the annualized dividend moves to 2.48 dollars from 2.44 dollars, derived directly from the payout numbers cited by @StockMKTNewz. The source did not provide an effective date, record date, or ex-dividend date, so timing details for dividend-capture strategies are not available from the source.