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2023-04-07 20:37:27 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Those black boxes monitor a shelf's stock levels. While they do capture images, there's no evidence that they are being used for anything other than replenishment. Furthermore, they're unable to track the amount of items a person is buying to impose any kind of limit on them. https://walmartcanada.ca/newsroom/2022/09/14/walmart-canada-rolling-out-computer-vision-ai-solution-for-on-shelf-availability-across-the-country

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• Those black boxes monitor a shelf's stock levels. While they do capture images, there's no evidence that they are being used for anything other than replenishment. Furthermore, they're unable to track the amount of items a person is buying to impose any kind of limit on them. https://walmartcanada.ca/newsroom/2022/09/14/walmart-canada-rolling-out-computer-vision-ai-solution-for-on-shelf-availability-across-the-country