Home Depot is using a futuristic-sounding new weapon to stop shoplifting at its self-checkouts – using AI to constantly watch customers.
Big name retailers like Walmart and Dollar General are removing self-checkout lanes amid rising thefts and customer complaints.But Home Depot has a different solution – so-called ‘computer vision’. In a nutshell, it is an array of cameras monitored by artificial intelligence-powered computers.
Staff are then alerted by the computer if there is a risk of theft.
Source: Daily Mail