Happy Thursday! Wendy’s is entering the generative-AI fray, partnering with Google on an AI chatbot to use in drive-thru orders. “Wendy’s Fresh AI”, which will launch in Ohio in June, will be programmed to upsell customers 🍔

🌶 Highlight of the day 🌶

Google announced a beta test to display generative-AI results in Search. In response to Search queries, Google will display an AI powered summary above-the-fold, with links to dig deeper. Context will also be carried over to follow-up questions to drive continued user exploration 🧭

If Google ends up rolling out this feature to all users, and if the summaries end up being accurate, the SEO game is about to change real quick 🔥

♨️ Hot off the press launches

Big tech

• Google launches PaLM 2, it’s newest LLM

• Google announces an AI magic editor feature for Photos

• Google launches a GitHub Copilot competitor 

• Google adds a human ‘Perspectives’ section to Search

• AWS open sources two supply chain software products

• Epic adds user-designed levels to its Fall Guys game

General and early-stage

• Disney announces a combined Disney+ and Hulu app

• Cala ships a “Tinder for canceling meetings” product 

• Cruise expands its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston

• Etsy lets couples create registries using marketplace items

• Roku ships a home monitoring system

🔍 Other good finds

• Making bank. Average compensation at public tech companies

• The bleed. Disney+ loses subscribers for 2nd quarter in a row 

• BhagvadGPT. Religious chatbots in India hit escape velocity

🧈 Twitter nugget

Thanks for reading! If you've got any comments or feedback, please hit reply - I'd love to hear from you :)

- Amol