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Chipotle is known for many things, most notably its customizable burritos, bowls, and tacos—all made with fresh ingredients.

But let’s step outside the kitchen and discuss the technology driving Chipotle behind the scenes. The company recently introduced a new AI hiring platform to keep up with growth. 

Keep reading to learn more…

In today’s newsletter:

• Today’s must-read stories 📰

• The “Ava Cado” behind Chipotle’s success

• Prompt of the day ✍️

MBZUAI Research Corner 🔬 

MBZUAI Research: Framing, persuasion and propaganda

While the Internet and social media have made the news more accessible than ever, they have also opened up far more opportunities for the consumption of false or misleading information. 

This reality has resulted in a number of programs — NewsGuard, Politifact and Snopes, for instance — to help people derive fact from fiction. But the process is lengthy and challenging, opening the door for automation as a possible solution. 

What happened: Researchers at the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) designed an automated solution called FRAPPE that serves to bridge the gap. 

• Standing for Framing, Persuasion and Propaganda Explorer, FRAPPE is a publicly accessible online tool for article analysis, specifically along the lines of tilted framing, persuasion techniques and propaganda. 

• It was trained on a large, varied and multilingual dataset of news articles. 

The researchers did note that, since the system is based on neural nets, it lacks explainability and might further exhibit biases based on limitations to the scope of its training set, something they hope to address in future work. 

To learn more about MBZUAI’s research visit their website, and if you’re interested in graduate study, please see their study webpage.

Video of the Day 📽️ 

Miscellaneous resources

• Georgetown University, AI Resources: A comprehensive list of AI resources.

• How to implement AI in your organization: How to implement AI at work (and benefit from doing so). 

• IBM: AI for Everyone: Master the Basics: A free, self-paced course to help you understand AI applications and key concepts.

AI tools 🔨 

• Leap: Automate any workflow with AI.

• Perplexity: Search and discovery with AI.

• IBM watsonx BI Assistant: An AI-powered business analyst and advisor.

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The “Ava Cado” behind Chipotle’s success

Chipotle Mexican Grill has teamed up with Paradox to implement a conversational hiring platform aimed at drastically reducing hiring time and improving operational efficiency. 

This new system, powered by AI and a virtual assistant named "Ava Cado," allows restaurant managers to focus more on day-to-day operations and less on administrative tasks.

Key takeaways

• The Paradox platform is expected to cut the time to hire new employees by up to 75%.

• Ava Cado, a virtual assistant, handles tasks like chatting with candidates, scheduling interviews, and sending job offers.

• Ava is multilingual, supporting English, Spanish, French, and German, enhancing candidate accessibility.

• The platform is being rolled out across 3,500 Chipotle locations and is set to be fully implemented this month.

• Chipotle continues to lead as a top employer, offering industry-leading benefits and clear paths to career advancement.

Our thoughts

Chipotle’s collaboration with Paradox highlights its commitment to efficiency and innovation, allowing restaurant teams to dedicate more time to customer service. 

With Ava Cado handling recruitment, managers are free to enhance both the guest experience and internal team support. And with that, unlock new growth.

Prompt of the day ✍️ 

Founder (create a marketing plan)

How it works:

The prompt creates a marketing plan by understanding user needs, leveraging reference insights, and refining the plan based on feedback.

Why use it:

Use this prompt to create a tailored, expert-backed marketing plan that saves time and aligns with your goals.

Prompt Example:

{"prompt":"Develop a tailored Marketing Plan aligned with the user's individual needs, drawing insights from the supplied reference materials. Initiate interaction with the user to obtain essential specifics and resolve any ambiguities. Iteratively refine the Marketing Plan through consistent evaluations using the given evaluationRubric and gather user input to ensure the end product aligns with the users expectations.}

You can find the prompt in its entirety here.

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