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'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology (www.bbc.com)
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[–] bstix@feddit.dk 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How are they tracking? I know it can easily be done with NFC tags, but I doubt they tag fresh produce like that?

[–] slumberlust@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's all cameras and ML face recognition.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 1 points 10 months ago

I wonder how many people are needed to operate the system, and if the camera detection is really just an employee in an Asian call center.