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Sainsbury’s store pauses AI scanning after false shoplifting accusation

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Supermarket chain says ‘human error’, not its Facewatch technology, to blame for ejecting a customerSainsbury’s has paused the use of AI face scanning in one of its stores after a customer was wrongly identified as a shoplifter and ejected from the shop.“I was embarrassed, mortified even, and felt quite humiliated and powerless,” Matt Arnold, 46,

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London man angry at ‘Orwellian’ incident in supermarket using facial recognition tech

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‘I shouldn’t have to prove I am innocent,’ said man misidentified by Sainsbury’s staff using Facewatch systemA man was ordered to leave a supermarket in London after staff misidentified him using controversial new facial recognition technology.Warren Rajah was told to abandon his shopping and leave the local store he has been using for 15 years

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‘A gamechanger’: 200,000 UK small businesses sign up to TikTok Shop

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Big brands such as Sainsbury’s and M&S also selling directly in app through links in videos and livestreamsIt is better known for its viral dances and for making hits out of forgotten songs, but the social media site TikTok is becoming a force to be reckoned with as a shopping platform.Major retailers such as Marks

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