Walmart tracks theft with AI-powered cameras in 1,000 stores

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Walmart tracks theft with AI-powered cameras in 1,000 stores

Walmart

is using computer vision technology to monitor checkouts and deter potential theft and other causes of shrink in more than 1,000 stores, the company confirmed to Business Insider.

The surveillance program,

internally called Missed Scan Detection, uses cameras to help identify and correct checkout scanning errors and failures.

Ireland-based Everseen

is one of several companies supplying Walmart with the technology for its Missed Scan Detection program.

Business Insider

https://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-tracks-theft-with-computer-vision-1000-stores-2019-6?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=referral

Walmart uses AI camera tech to track checkout theft at 1,000 stores

https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/22/walmart-computer-vision-checkout-theft/

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