🇬🇧 Sainsbury’s store pauses AI scanning after false shoplifting accusation https://t.co/rwkVQGsZLa
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- Sainsbury's paused its Facewatch facial recognition cameras at its East Dulwich store after a shopper was wrongly flagged and escorted from the self-checkout.
- The retailer and Facewatch both blamed 'human error' and cited a 99.98% accuracy rate, without explaining what triggered the alert against Matt Arnold.
- Facewatch already runs in 55 Sainsbury's branches, with up to 150 additional stores planned before Christmas.
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