Instacart Deploys AI Shopping Carts With Cameras for Tracking and Advertising in US Grocery Stores
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Joe Wilkins
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Instacart is deploying AI-powered smart shopping carts equipped with cameras and sensors in grocery stores across the US, including a partnership with Weis Markets. These carts track shoppers' exact locations within the store and bombard them with targeted advertisements. The article highlights growing concerns about surveillance and privacy as AI-integrated devices become increasingly common in everyday spaces like grocery stores.
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· 3 pulledWhether you're dodging Flock cameras on the freeway, ever-listening smartphones in your pocket, or AI bots at the drive-thru, it's nearly impossible to avoid some type of AI-integrated device these days.
Now it turns out that not even your grocery store is safe, as Instacart increasingly deploys AI smart carts to grocery stores across the United States.
In a recent joint press release, Instacart and the Northeastern grocery-chain Weis Markets announced...
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