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While Amazon Struggles With Futuristic Retail, Sam’s Club is Doubling Down on Computer-Vision To Aid Store Exits

February 4, 2025 Michael Wolf

An interesting set of stories came out over the past week, which showed how two retail giants are leveraging technology to help consumers get out of the store faster. One […]

Is Amazon Working on Something Big in Virtual Restaurants and Digital Food Halls?

August 13, 2024 Michael Wolf

What is Amazon up to now? That was my first thought upon reading a LinkedIn update from Nick Avedesian, a longtime ghost kitchen and virtual food hall executive (and a […]

Amazon Gives a Peek at the New AI Model Powering Just Walk Out Platform

August 2, 2024 Michael Wolf

This week, Amazon gave a sneak peek at the new AI model that powers its Just Walk Out platform. In a post written by Jon Jenkins, the VP of Just […]

‘Amazon for Proteins’: Shiru Launches AI-Powered Marketplace for Proteins

May 1, 2024 Michael Wolf

Shiru, a company that utilizes AI to discover plant-based novel proteins, has announced a new marketplace in ProteinDiscovery.ai that lets anyone search, discover, pilot, and buy molecules for food, agriculture, […]

Amazon Pulling ‘Just Walk Out’ from Amazon Fresh Grocery Stores

April 2, 2024 Michael Wolf

According to a story published in The Information, Amazon is planning to pull its Just Walk Out cashierless technology from its large-format grocery store, Amazon Fresh. As part of the […]

Amazon’s Roving Robot Gets a Job. Will Restaurants & Retail Bite?

November 15, 2023 Michael Wolf

In 2021, Amazon surprised company watchers when it rolled out a house-roving robot named Astro. At launch, Amazon’s cute little robot was primarily intended for domestic duties, helping out as […]

Amazon Details Usage of Generative AI-Created Synthetic Data to Train Just Walk Out Technology

September 19, 2023 Michael Wolf

For a while now, we’ve known the basic gist of how Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology works: A combination of computer vision, machine learning, and other sensor data helps enable […]

Forget Getting Carded. Amazon Wants to Scan Your Palm To Make Sure You’re Of Age

May 22, 2023 Michael Wolf

Attention all baby-faced twenty-somethings who regularly get carded buying drinks: You may soon face a new high-tech twist on the age-old right of passage in the form of palm-scanning. At […]

Amazon Now Lets You Buy Physical Goods in Virtual Worlds. Could It Work For Food?

May 10, 2023 Michael Wolf

This week, Amazon announced a new platform called Amazon Anywhere that enables the discovery and purchase of physical products from within virtual environments such as virtual and augmented reality and […]

Scoop: Starbucks Trialing Amazon’s Palm Payment System in the Seattle Market

April 24, 2023 Michael Wolf

Starbucks is trialing Amazon’s biometric payment system, Amazon One, in the Seattle market. The system, which allows customers to pay in-store with the scan of a palm, was spotted in […]

Watch as Seahawks Fans Use Amazon’s Just Walk Out Technology at Lumen Field

November 11, 2022 Michael Wolf

Now that the Geno Smith-led Seahawks have become a much better team by letting Russell Wilson walk out the door, they’re letting their fans do a little walking of their […]

Robot Butlers & Roombas: Elon and Amazon Are Getting Serious About Building Home Robots

August 10, 2022 Michael Wolf

Last week, Amazon announced they were acquiring iRobot. The acquisition of the maker of the popular Roomba robotic vacuums comes less than a year after Amazon unveiled its own home […]

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