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Sainsbury's pauses AI cameras after shopper wrongly ejected as shoplifter
Matt Arnold says he was asked to leave the store after being wrongly flagged as a shoplifter.
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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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Sainsbury's pauses AI cameras after shopper wrongly ejected as shoplifter
Matt Arnold says he was asked to leave the store after being wrongly flagged as a shoplifter.
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