{"id":22113,"date":"2019-06-23T16:58:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T15:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=22113"},"modified":"2019-06-23T16:58:27","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T15:58:27","slug":"walmarts-using-ai-cameras-to-catch-thieves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=22113","title":{"rendered":"Walmart&#039;s using AI cameras to catch thieves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Think nobody&#8217;s going to notice if you don&#8217;t scan that gallon of milk at the self-checkout register? Think again.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/walmart-tracks-theft-with-computer-vision-1000-stores-2019-6?r=US&amp;IR=T\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Business Insider<\/a>, Walmart&#8217;s using new cameras with computer vision to aid in catching thieves at over 1,000 of its stores.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-also\">\n<p class=\"see-also-link\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/toys-r-us-stores-returning-christmas-2019?utm_cid=a-seealso\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toys &#8216;R&#8217; Us stores are coming back in time for the holidays<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The company confirmed to Business Insider it has a technology program called &#8220;Missed Scan Detection&#8221; that uses AI-equipped cameras to &#8220;track and analyze activities at both self-checkout registers and those manned by Walmart cashiers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The goal with the cameras is to detect when items aren&#8217;t scanned at checkout. If the cameras see an item hasn&#8217;t been scanned, it sends a checkout attendant to provide assistance.<\/p>\n<p>While the computer vision cameras are helpful for catching thieves who think they can get away with not paying for an item, they&#8217;re mostly being used to reduce <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shrinkage_(accounting)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shrinkage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shrinkage is the amount of lost revenue that&#8217;s the result of theft, loss, damage, fraud, scanning errors, etc. Since deploying the Missed Scan Detection cameras in stores two years ago, Walmart told Business Insider shrink rates have declined.<\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5511153269\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Oftentimes, scanning errors are the result of human error and not actual theft. For example, Alan O&#8217;Herlihy, CEO of the company Everseen which provides Walmart with its computer vision tech, says certain items are hard to scan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People find it hard to scan milk,&#8221; said O&#8217;Herlihy. &#8220;Sometimes they get frustrated and they just don&#8217;t scan it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Walmart&#8217;s not the only one using computer vision technology to track items within its stores. Amazon&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b?node=16008589011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Walk Out<\/a>&#8221; technology also uses computer vision to track an item throughout its <a data-mashable-story-id=\"5d0e559928cc3639af000004\" href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/2018\/01\/22\/everything-you-need-to-know-amazon-go\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">checkout-less Go stores<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, next time you think you can get away with &#8220;accidentally&#8221; making off with an item, don&#8217;t. 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