How supermarkets are using AI to watch you in the aisles
How supermarkets are using AI to watch you in the aisles Updated / Friday, 11 Sep 2026 09:20 Getty Surveillance is best understood as a shifting mix of technology, people and space, working together without any single company fully in control. Photo: Getty Images Nada Elnahla By Nada Elnahla Maynooth University More fromMaynooth University Analysis: Shops have always used retail surveillance, but AI has supercharged it in so many ways, including some you might not even notice AI is creeping into every corner of our lives, and shopping is no exception. Walk into almost any shop today and you are being watched, whether you notice it or not.
- ▪How supermarkets are using AI to watch you in the aisles Updated / Friday, 11 Sep 2026 09:20 Getty Surveillance is best understood as a shifting mix of technology, people and space, working together without any single company fully in contr
- ▪Photo: Getty Images Nada Elnahla By Nada Elnahla Maynooth University More fromMaynooth University Analysis: Shops have always used retail surveillance, but AI has supercharged it in so many ways, including some you might not even notice AI
- ▪Walk into almost any shop today and you are being watched, whether you notice it or not.
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How supermarkets are using AI to watch you in the aisles Updated / Friday, 11 Sep 2026 09:20 Getty Surveillance is best understood as a shifting mix of technology, people and space, working together without any single company fully in control. Photo: Getty Images Nada Elnahla By Nada Elnahla Maynooth University More fromMaynooth University Analysis: Shops have always used retail surveillance, but AI has supercharged it in so many ways, including some you might not even notice AI is creeping into every corner of our lives, and shopping is no exception. Walk into almost any shop today and you are being watched, whether you notice it or not.
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