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Amazon is bringing its new “Climate Pledge Friendly” badge to the UK following the successful roll out of its new green initiative in the US last month.

Amazon expects to make an extra $8.8bn by launching new AI search features in bid to become “product discovery engine”

22/10/2020 9:34 AM

Amazon is set to launch a raft of new machine-learning-powered search bar features which it expects will drive more than $8 billion in extra sales.

CCTV cameras using artificial intelligence to prevent shoppers not wearing masks from entering stores are being rolled out across the UK.

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Mask-detecting CCTV cameras can now prevent you entering a store without a mask

19/10/2020 11:18 AM

CCTV cameras using artificial intelligence to prevent shoppers not wearing masks from entering stores are being rolled out across the UK.

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Amazon Scout begins UK hiring drive for driverless deliveries

08/09/2020 6:56 AM

Amazon has started the search for a UK team to develop its driverless delivery Scout service.

Smart checkout technology like Amazon Go’s will process nearly $400 billion of transactions within the next five years.

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Smart checkout technology to process $400bn in transactions by 2025

07/09/2020 10:58 AM

Smart checkout technology like Amazon Go’s will process nearly $400 billion of transactions within the next five years.

Sainsbury’s is using artificial intelligence to catch thieves as it prepares to test new “concealment detector” technology across its store estate.

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Sainsbury’s is catching thieves with AI as it rolls out new “concealment detector” tech

12/08/2020 11:21 AM

Sainsbury’s is using artificial intelligence to catch thieves as it prepares to test new “concealment detector” technology across its store estate.

Ocado is accelerating the development of its “robotic picking products” as the pandemic presents opportunities bigger “than we imagined (were) previously possible”.

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Ocado is dramatically accelerating development of “robotic picking products”

12/08/2020 9:19 AM

Ocado is accelerating the development of its “robotic picking products” as the pandemic presents opportunities bigger “than we imagined (were) previously possible”.

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Aldi plans to launch Amazon Go-style cashierless stores as it requests product recognition tech

03/08/2020 10:12 AM

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.

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Hammerson launches Crowd Checker feature for “nervous” shoppers who want to beat the crowds

21/07/2020 9:33 AM

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.

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Asda becomes first UK supermarket to roll out automated cleaning robots

16/07/2020 7:54 AM

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.

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Amazon unveils high-tech ‘Dash Cart’ which charges customers as they shop

14/07/2020 9:20 AM

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.