Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year ago

Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores

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Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores

Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year ago

Amazon Fresh is moving away from a feature of its grocery stores where customers could skip checkout altogether.

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the system wasn’t as magic as they made it out to be. turns out it was powered by a team of 1,000 people reviewing camera footage in India.

this is probably why they’re killing it.

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