Amazon's 'Cashierless' AI Stores Were Actually Powered by 1,000 Workers in India Watching Video Feeds

Amazon spent years promoting its 'Just Walk Out' technology as a revolutionary AI system that let shoppers grab items and leave without checking out. In April 2024, The Information revealed that more than 700 of every 1,000 'AI' transactions were actually reviewed by human workers in India watching video footage to verify what shoppers had taken. Amazon quietly dropped Just Walk Out from its Fresh grocery stores and admitted the system required extensive human review to function.

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Amazon's 'Cashierless' AI Stores Were Actually Powered by 1,000 Workers in India Watching Video Feeds

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Amazon spent years promoting its 'Just Walk Out' technology as a revolutionary AI system that let shoppers grab items and leave without checking out. In April 2024, The Information revealed that more than 700 of every 1,000 'AI' transactions were actually reviewed by human workers in India watching video footage to verify what shoppers had taken. Amazon quietly dropped Just Walk Out from its Fresh grocery stores and admitted the system required extensive human review to function.

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