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French supermarkets are turning to AI to catch shoplifters - but surveillance questions loom

While supermarket owners say AI-monitored CCTV cameras are significantly helping their business, critics warn the largely unregulated tech raises serious ethical and privacy concerns.

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00:28We receive an alert.
00:29It can be a gesture simple, ambiguous, but the worst is the dissemination.
00:36It's often the dissemination, or the gestures in the bag, but the most impactful is the dissemination.
00:44When there is a dissemination, everyone is on the camera.
00:48And instead of waiting for the person to finish the volley, we'll see it and say,
00:52« on repose what you have done gently, properly », but it's really useful.
00:57We are getting a lot of attention.
01:15I prefer to be aware of it. I think it's normal that the store informs that not only we can
01:22be filmed, but we can be monitored by an IA.
01:26After, we accept it. It's a security for the proprietor, I imagine.
01:33If the usage is limited, it's not broadcast, it's like a camera.
01:38So it doesn't bother me.
01:56Like, you might look at it.
01:58Like, you don't believe it.
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