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Local Food, Beverage Business Owners Find an Appetite for AI

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Lindsay Elsten, owner of Daisy's Non-Alcoholic Bar and Bottle Shop, uses a slow period at the bar to work on paperwork and marketing tasks. She said she uses artificial intelligence to get more done in less time.

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