{
  "id": 18858755,
  "title": "The Gülsha method even brings self-checkouts with AI to the limit: \"The honest customers pay the difference with higher prices.\"",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/die-methode-gulsha-bringt-sogar-self-checkouts-mit-ki-an-den-anschlag",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-08T04:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NZZ Wirtschaft",
    "slug": "nzz-wirtschaft",
    "url": "https://www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/die-methode-guelsha-bringt-sogar-self-checkouts-mit-ki-an-den-anschlag-die-differenz-zahlen-die-ehrlichen-kunden-mit-hoeheren-preisen-ld.10055049"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [
    "Swiss podcaster Gülsha Adilji admitted to stealing from supermarkets.",
    "She used self-checkout scanners to avoid paying higher organic prices.",
    "KI-technology in self-checkouts may struggle to detect her method."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Exploiting pricing discrepancies at self-checkouts exposes a critical vulnerability in artificial intelligence systems that could force retailers to pass the costs of undetected theft onto honest consumers.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}