Amazon Go, the AI-powered, checkout-free store, is now open in Seattle

Today sees the opening of the first Amazon Go store. The online retailer is looking to change the face of real-world shopping with its AI-powered bricks and mortar stores that are free from checkouts and time-consuming lines. Anyone shopping in the new Seattle store will find that they are constantly monitored by cameras as they shop, with the camera monitoring which items they place in their baskets. Customers are automatically billed when they leave the store. See also: Amazon hikes monthly Prime fee by 18 percent Donald Trump wants US Postal Service to charge Amazon 'much more' Google yanks YouTube… [Continue Reading]