Sainsbury's branch halts AI use as shopper ejected
Matt Arnold says he was asked to leave the store after being wrongly flagged as a shoplifter.
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"But what upset me was thinking this is what the future could be - people just listen to what the machine tells them to do without thinking about the consequences."
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Matt Arnold says he was asked to leave the store after being wrongly flagged as a shoplifter.
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