“Though it seemed completely automated, [Amazon’s] 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://gizmodo.com/amazon-reportedly-ditches-just-walk-out-grocery-stores-1851381116

[removes glasses; pinches bridge of nose; sighs until the heat death of the universe]

Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores

Amazon Fresh is moving away from a feature of its grocery stores where customers could skip checkout altogether.

Gizmodo

@beep here’s an interesting detail. This paragraph was altered after publication:

“Instead, Amazon is reportedly moving towards Dash Carts… These offer a more reliable solution than Just Walk Out, whose impressive technology was truly ahead of its time.”

This was despite their own findings. I wonder how that slipped through.

https://web.archive.org/web/20240402144834/https://gizmodo.com/amazon-reportedly-ditches-just-walk-out-grocery-stores-1851381116