Amazon's 'Just Walk Out' technology, which was promoted as an AI-powered solution for grocery checkouts at Fresh stores, has been revealed to rely significantly on manual monitoring. Contrary to the company's claims of utilizing advanced artificial intelligence, the system depended on the efforts of over 1,000 people in India. These individuals were tasked with watching and labeling video footage to ensure accurate checkouts at Amazon Fresh stores. This revelation highlights a significant shift from the advertised automated process to one that involves substantial human intervention.
🚨AMAZON'S AI CHECKOUT ISN’T THAT SMART- 1,000 INDIANS ARE WATCHING Amazon's "Just Walk Out" technology, enabling customers to shop without traditional checkout, reportedly involves significant human input alongside AI. Despite employing sensors and deep learning for seamless… https://t.co/hXtKe8unpH
The Amazon 'Just Walk Out' Stores That Supposedly Used AI To Know What You Took Were Actually Just Being Watched by People in India https://t.co/y6Tk7EXfUV https://t.co/KH6RMGUYVo
While Amazon's Just Walk Out technology at its Fresh grocery stores was touted as being powered by artificial intelligence, a new report says it actually relied heavily on manual monitoring by some 1,000 people in India. https://t.co/m1Zw0NoFZd
Amazon’s Just Walk Out stores relied on ‘1,000 people in India watching,’ not AI https://t.co/kstQn9kwX3 https://t.co/EUnrzUJkna
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Amazon grocery store with 'Just Walk Out' automation was actually supported by 1,000 workers in India who monitored purchases https://t.co/9sRYOkrEVQ https://t.co/Pm3UKtva3H
Amazon's Just Walk Out at Fresh stores 'relied on more than 1,000 people in India watching and labeling videos to ensure accurate checkouts' - and NOT AI tech as company claimed https://t.co/8LRCnwjOmf https://t.co/qG5mWl2md3
🇺🇸 LMAO: Amazon monitored us actually. “Though it seemed completely automated, Just Walk Out relied on more than 1,000 people in India watching and labeling videos to ensure accurate checkouts. The cashiers were simply moved off-site, and they watched you as you shopped.” https://t.co/YIwN62QT5X
$AMZN Amazon's 'Just Walk Out' Grocery Checkouts, Pitched As AI-Powered Technology, Was Actually Relying On 1,000 People In India Acting As Virtual Cashiers https://t.co/Y2AT1LNKSu