The Gülsha method even brings self-checkouts with AI to the limit: "The honest customers pay the difference with higher prices."
The Swiss podcaster admits to deliberately scanning products incorrectly. In response, supermarkets are arming themselves with AI technology. This is because shoplifting is on the rise - and costing them billions.
Swiss podcaster Gülsha Adilji has admitted to regularly stealing organic products from supermarkets by scanning the lower-priced conventional version at checkout. She claims that organic products are important to her, but the prices in Switzerland are too high. Ladendiebstahl, or shoplifting, is a significant problem in Switzerland, with an estimated 1 billion Swiss francs worth of goods stolen annually, and the trend is increasing.
To combat this, many supermarkets are now using AI technology and cameras to monitor self-service checkouts. Erich Glarner, a security expert, advises retailers on how to prevent shoplifting and notes that while technology can help, it has its limits, and stricter laws are needed to prevent the crime.
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