Aldi is developing its own cashierless Amazon Go rival and is on the hunt for automatic product recognition technologies.

Hammerson has launched a new Crowd Checker feature so “nervous” shoppers can check when the safest times to shop are.

Asda has become the first supermarket in the UK to roll out autonomous cleaning robots helping prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Amazon has unveiled its new automated “Dash Carts” which use computer vision and inbuilt scales to identify items and charge customers without them having to visit a cashier.

Amazon has bought self-driving car start-up Zoox for over $1.2 billion (£970 million), following weeks of speculation that a deal was on the table.

Intu is repurposing its footfall-tracking technology to ensure social distancing measures are maintained at its UK shopping centres as non-essential retail reopens for business.

Amazon is banning US police forces from using its facial recognition software for a year in support of the #BlackLivesMatter protests.

Yoox Net-a-Porter (YNAP) has launched a new programme dedicated to developing artificial intelligence (AI) technologies like visual search and virtual try-on.

Amazon is set to purchase self-driving vehicle technology company Zoox marking a major shift into the sector. The ecommerce giant is understood to be in “advanced talks” with Zoox, a self-driving startup with lofty ambitions to launch an automated taxi company, according to the Wall Street Journal....

Automated delivery vehicles have become “a bigger market than moving people” thanks to a spike in demand during the coronavirus crisis.