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Detecting Shoplifting Behavior

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This system claims to detect suspicious behavior that indicates shoplifting:

Vaak, a Japanese startup, has developed artificial intelligence software that hunts for potential shoplifters, using footage from security cameras for fidgeting, restlessness and other potentially suspicious body language.

The article has no detail or analysis, so we don’t know how well it works. But this kind of thing is surely the future of video surveillance.

Tags: AI, behavioral detection, privacy, surveillance, theft

Posted on March 7, 2019 at 1:48 PM21 Comments

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