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April 26, 2019

Walmart opens AI ‘lab' in NY grocery store to control costs, make shopping more pleasant

  • Thousands of cameras combined with other technology monitor the store in real time so workers can quickly replenish products or fix problems.
  • By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
    AP Retail Writer

    AP Photo/Mark Lennihan [enlarge]
    An employee arranges items at the Walmart Neighborhood Market in Levittown, N.Y. Cameras suspended above are a key feature of a living lab inside this 50,000-square-foot store.

    LEVITTOWN, N.Y. — Who's minding the store? In the not-too-distant future it could be cameras and sensors that can tell almost instantly when bruised bananas need to be swapped for fresh ones and more cash registers need to open before lines get too long.


     
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