Amazon Just Opened Its First Full-Sized, Cashierless Go Grocery Store
About three years ago, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) revealed a stunning upgrade to grocery shopping: Amazon Go. The concept store, infused with artificial intelligence (AI), does away with the checkout line by combining cameras using computer vision with data fused from a variety of sensors located throughout the store. Once a customer enters the store using the app, the system detects items removed from the shelves (or returned), and it tracks the user throughout the store while tallying a virtual register tape. Once the customer leaves the store, their Amazon account is charged for the purchase and a digital receipt is provided.
The company has opened two dozen locations across the U.S. in a variety of smaller formats, with most not much bigger than the average convenience store. Now, Amazon is opening its most ambitious Go store yet -- a 10,400-square-foot grocery store.
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