Amazon has announced it will remove its Just Walk Out technology from its Fresh grocery stores in the U.S., a significant shift from its cashierless checkout system. The technology, which allowed shoppers to leave the store without going through a traditional checkout process, was initially touted as a breakthrough in shopping convenience, leveraging AI to track purchases. However, it has been revealed that the system heavily relied on over 1,000 employees in India to monitor and verify purchases, challenging the perception of the technology's automation. In place of Just Walk Out, Amazon plans to introduce smart shopping carts, known as Dash Carts, and self-checkout counters in its stores. This decision comes as Amazon prepares to open new grocery store locations after an 18-month pause in expansion. The move to phase out Just Walk Out technology and replace it with alternatives reflects a strategic pivot in Amazon's approach to retail operations.
Amazon Web Services $AMZN is cutting hundreds of jobs that will affect sales and marketing employees and the team developing technology for brick-and-mortar stores - Bloomberg
🇺🇸 Why Amazon is ditching Just Walk Out checkouts at grocery stores https://t.co/5rsnHtnafa
Amazon’s cloud division is cutting hundreds of jobs that will affect sales and marketing employees and the team developing technology for brick-and-mortar stores. https://t.co/kdMh9xYnPZ
⚠️ AMAZON WEB SERVICES LAYS OFF TECH, SALES STAFF, THE INFORMATION REPORTS Full Story → https://t.co/0e2DE38Yxu Amazon Web Services has laid off a few hundred employees in its division that works on technology for physical retail stores, as well as several hundred more people…
New: Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs in its physical stores tech group, one day after @theinformation reported the company plans to remove "Just Walk Out" checkout from many of its grocery stores. Also cuts in AWS sales, marketing and global services. https://t.co/nHXIeUdXTR
New: Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs in its physical stores tech group, one day after @theinformation reported the company plans to remove "Just Walk Out" checkout from many of its grocery stores. Also cuts in AWS sales, marketing and global services. https://t.co/SeP5knflZK
AMAZON WEB SERVICES LAYS OFF HUNDREDS OF PHYSICAL STORES TECH, SALES STAFF- THE INFORMATION
$AMZN AMAZON WEB SERVICES LAYS OFF HUNDREDS OF PHYSICAL STORES TECH, SALES STAFF- THE INFORMATION
Amazon ditches cashierless checkout system at its grocery stores https://t.co/dQgu6T0er4
So you’re telling me all those Amazon stores that allowed you to just walk out with your stuff wasn’t AI technology and it was just 1000 people in India adding up your cart 🤣🤣🤣
Amazon Web Services is eliminating around 800 jobs in sales, marketing and technology
Amazon is removing "just walk out" technology from its Amazon Fresh stores as part of an effort to revamp the grocery chain. Here's what is replacing it. https://t.co/zupoaLGTMI
$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
News that Amazon is abandoning its Just Walk Out technology at Amazon Fresh has created a lot of chatter and interest. Amid the noise, there are a number of important things to unpack. 🏪 First, Amazon is not entirely abandoning Just Walk Out technology; it is only removing it…
Amazon, $AMZN, is removing its cashierless Just Walk Out technology from grocery stores, a retreat from an ambitious system designed to let shoppers skip the line, per Bloomberg.
Amazon removes Just Walk Out technology from Fresh stores https://t.co/Nlc1ugbTCI
AMAZON ABANDONS GROCERY STORES WHERE YOU JUST WALK OUT WITH STUFF AFTER IT TURNS OUT ITS "AI" WAS POWERED BY 1,000 HUMAN CONTRACTORS IT WAS ALL SMOKE AND MIRRORS. Just Walked Away Amazon is giving up with its unusual "Just Walk Out" technology, The Information reports, which… https://t.co/86uUON2kEE
Amazon AI turned out to be Amazon Army of Indians. https://t.co/FQxk5gMyoR
🇺🇸 Amazon removing ‘Just Walk Out’ technology from its Fresh grocery stores https://t.co/hzi0BJHcuf
Amazon will remove its “Just Walk Out” technology at Amazon Fresh grocery stores in the U.S. https://t.co/lS1JR655CL via @WSJ
#Amazon’s 'Just Walk Out' tech relied on low-paid Indian workers, not AI: Report https://t.co/a8b8FZewum https://t.co/1Ql9BriOpH
$AMZN ditches 'Just Walk Out' checkouts at Its Amazon Fresh stores. This article claims that they actually had 1000+ people in India working on labelling the videos! "The cashiers were simply moved off-site, and they watched you as you shopped." 😳 https://t.co/PaJpR2SxVS
Amazon's AI: https://t.co/8sNyQH8kfw https://t.co/TuwCaExLSf
THIS IS CRAZY FEW YEARS AGO AMAZON INTRODUCED TECH THAT LET SHOPPERS JUST GRAB WHATEVER THEY WANT AND JUST WALK OUT INSTEAD OF USING AI AMAZON JUST HIRED 1000 PEOPLE IN INDIA TO MANUALLY TRACK THEIR PURCHASES AMAZON TODAY SAID ITS SHUTTING DOWN THIS BUSINESS $AMZN https://t.co/9239SFXaJg
🤖🇮🇳 Amazon's "generative AI" driven Just Walk Out project in Fresh stores was powered by 1000s of Indians, not just AI. A reality check in the world of #AI! https://t.co/XONyn8WqvJ
Amazon is removing Just Walk Out technology from its Fresh grocery stores in the US https://t.co/AxQ6UrADpq
AI actually stands for “Amazon’s Indians”.
Amazon ditching cashier-less 'Just Walk Out' technology at Fresh grocery stores The no-checkout technology was much-hyped and implemented in 2018. Reportedly 70% of all "Just Walk Out" purchases relied on the overseas workers. https://t.co/EDSaIIeWac
Amazing. "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." https://t.co/tR2pGTJfhM
Amazon is removing Just Walk Out technology from its Amazon Fresh stores as part of an effort to revamp the grocery chain: https://t.co/Gl7gGs0HM3
Amazon phasing out its checkout-less grocery store (Just Walk Out) technology is fascinating. This announcement has one critical detail some might miss: According to the article, 1000+ workers in India were watching and labeling videos to ensure the checkout-less system didn't… https://t.co/k1AUxDlGpK
Amazon to Remove 'Just Walk Out' Checkout Technology at U.S. Grocery Stores https://t.co/S86K3Z6Eru
Amazon is removing Just Walk Out technology from its Amazon Fresh stores as part of an effort to revamp the grocery chain. More here: https://t.co/vb8ZUQsHiS
Amazon removing 'Just Walk Out' checkouts from its US grocery stores https://t.co/wYGwwBFuf8
Wait, what??? "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/HLD2lYadbA
Amazon will remove its “Just Walk Out” technology at Amazon Fresh grocery stores in the U.S., which charged shoppers automatically without a cashier https://t.co/Z403CnYcoy https://t.co/Z403CnYcoy
Amazon will remove its “Just Walk Out” technology at Amazon Fresh grocery stores in the U.S. https://t.co/rLxviPzYKa
"Though it *seemed* completely automated..." $AMZN Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores https://t.co/fB19D8zPUI https://t.co/Xl0hTX0Rcl
$AMZN Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores https://t.co/fB19D8zPUI https://t.co/pwCH1obEZQ
Amazon Abandons Grocery Stores Where You Just Walk Out With Stuff After It Turns Out Its "AI" Was Powered by 1,000 Human Contractors https://t.co/RDbUXDYpNw
Sooo... Amazon's "Just Walk Out" technology turned out to be just Amazon Mechanical Turk. Great job, folks! https://t.co/DXoQ200OlA https://t.co/05R4MhKK1o
Shoppers soon won't "just walk out" from Amazon Fresh stores. The company is removing the technology from those stores as part of an effort to revamp the grocery chain. Here's what is replacing it. https://t.co/yPXfabm9K7
Amazon gives up on no-checkout shopping in its grocery stores https://t.co/JQp7jDM8et
Amazon removing ‘Just Walk Out’ technology from its Fresh grocery stores https://t.co/vMJTVM0fIj
Amazon Drops 'Just Walk Out' Tech for Smart Shopping Carts in US Stores https://t.co/VwOi1fNkDY
Amazon has announced they're phasing out their checkout-less grocery stores. The "Just Walk Out" technology, which was labeled as automatic, was actually 1,000+ Indian employees monitoring you as you walked through the store. https://t.co/uZlOZJgvC0
A report I link to in this story from @theo_wayt and @theinformation is causing quite a stir: Amazon's Just Walk Out is heavily reliant on a team of over 1,000 associates in India to verify purchases. In mid-2022, 700 out of 1,000 purchases required a human review, according to… https://t.co/cjeOCiyQ2l
Amazon has announced they're phasing out their checkout-less grocery stores. The "Just Walk Out" technology, which was labeled as automatic, was actually thousands of Indian employees monitoring you as you walked through the store. https://t.co/uZlOZJgvC0
$AMZN | Amazon To Replace 'Just Walk Out' Checkout Technology With Smart 'Dash Carts' Amazon fresh grocery stores are phasing out “Just Walk Out” checkout tech and replacing it with a "smart-cart" system called Dash Cart. Amazon will open new Fresh locations with the Dash Cart… https://t.co/SeHcFySCzD
Amazon bragged about its worker-less stores where you could just walk out with items as a triumph of technology. Now they're moving away from the model. Because the truth is that thousands of low-paid Indian workers reviewed most purchases one at a time. https://t.co/2gcG1WqWYM
Amazon is removing Just Walk Out technology from its Amazon Fresh stores as part of an effort to revamp the grocery chain. https://t.co/Gl7gGs0HM3
Amazon billed its "Just Walk Out" stores as some triumph of AI. In reality, it was powered by thousands of low-paid Indian workers manually adding up items in your cart as you shopped. How insanely dystopian. https://t.co/QAHOKFMshu
Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores https://t.co/XXJ95vQvoc
Overheard: “We’re trying to establish ourselves as an e-commerce juggernaut with a differentiated shopping experience” - Marnie Levine, Head of @tiktok_us Shop Operations, SMB in conversation with @kyurieff at @theinformation’s Creator Summit. https://t.co/sDNuqkBM1t
Amazon pulls plug on cashierless system in US grocery stores https://t.co/JGpceYQMaW via @business
Amazon is removing its cashierless Just Walk Out technology from grocery stores, a retreat from an ambitious system designed to let shoppers skip the line https://t.co/mJZKQ88oYI
Amazon is ditching "just walk out" checkout systems at its grocery stores. It's replacing them with smart shopping carts that allow you to checkout as you shop, and Amazon Fresh stores will also have self-checkout counters from now on. https://t.co/cjeOCiyQ2l
As Amazon plans more grocery stores after an 18-month pause, it will use Dash Carts, where shoppers can scan items as they shop, instead of Just Walk Out tech (@theo_wayt / The Information) https://t.co/JgUnUI9F8Y 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/G3AesG8XqQ
Amazon Reportedly Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores https://t.co/pVti9eSjI3 https://t.co/Alntp8rtfm
AMAZON’S GROCERY STORES TO DROP JUST WALK OUT CHECKOUT TECH Amazon $AMZN is gearing up to open a new batch of grocery stores after an 18-month pause—and it’s ditching its Just Walk Out grab-and-go checkout system Amazon’s senior VP of grocery stores, said that the next… https://t.co/NMdTZ1cZNd
New🛒🍌: Amazon's high-tech checkout system, Just Walk Out, has been a key part of its push into grocery stores. Not anymore. The company's top grocery exec told me he's dropping the tech from new stores and removing it from many existing ones in favor of smart shopping carts. https://t.co/bQEk44rtFb
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Exclusive: Amazon is dropping its Just Walk Out checkout system from its supermarkets, the company’s top grocery executive said in an interview. https://t.co/NM7mSLJ8Hc From @theo_wayt.