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Not always honest at supermarket self-checkout? AI is out to get you

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Grace Cary/Getty Images These are curious times at the supermarket checkout. For a while, it looked as if supermarkets were investing more and more in self-checkout technology. Also: How renaissance technologists are connecting the dots between AI and business This approach was completely understandable. It felt like a good investment, one that would obviate the … Read more

Self-Checkout on the Outs, Google Search Kind of Sucks, and More

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Photo: Reshetnikov_art / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock) Don’t ring the funeral bells just yet, but the self-checkout kiosk horror show could be nearing its end. So far, the grand experiment in robot cashiers is an abject failure. Stores across the country are reversing course on the machines, and consensus is growing among analysts and insiders that self-checkout … Read more