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Cashierless Stores Make Inroads in U.S.
The Wall Street Journal
By John Murawski
U.S. retailers are moving forward with artificial intelligence (AI) systems to track what products shoppers pick up and then automatically bill their accounts when they leave the store. A recent International Data Corp. survey of about 400 retailers from around the world found that 28% are testing or piloting cashierless AI systems. For example, Sam's Club plans to offer AI-powered cashierless shopping later this month at a 32,000-square-foot store in Dallas, Texas. After the AI system is in place, customers will use their smartphone cameras to scan a product; the cloud-based system will use computer vision and machine learning to recognize the products by matching them to a database of stored images. .... "
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