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Coles and Woolworths test facial recognition for crime prevention

Australian supermarkets Coles and Woolworths have been testing facial recognition technology. The systems are designed to capture customer faces and compare them against databases to identify individuals with a history of violent offenses. It remains unclear if either company plans to implement the technology more broadly. AI

IMPACT This technology's deployment could raise privacy concerns and influence retail security practices.

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses the testing of a specific technology (facial recognition) by companies for a particular application (crime prevention), fitting the 'tool' category.

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Coles and Woolworths test facial recognition for crime prevention

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    “Coles and Woolworths have conducted tests of # FacialRecognition # technology , but it is unclear if either supermarket will be implementing it in stores. It c

    “Coles and Woolworths have conducted tests of # FacialRecognition # technology , but it is unclear if either supermarket will be implementing it in stores. It comes after the # AustraliaFinancialReview reported both Coles and Woolworths had trialled the technology as part of an o…

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Coles and Woolworths test facial recognition technology Coles and Woolworths have conducted tests of facial recognition technology, but it is unclear if either

    Coles and Woolworths test facial recognition technology Coles and Woolworths have conducted tests of facial recognition technology, but it is unclear if either supermarket will… # NewsBeep # News # Artificialintelligence # AI # ArtificialIntelligence # AU # Australia # bunnings #…

  3. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Coles and Woolworths test facial recognition technology By Daniela Pizzirani and Dannielle Maguire The technology captures the faces of customers and matches th

    Coles and Woolworths test facial recognition technology By Daniela Pizzirani and Dannielle Maguire The technology captures the faces of customers and matches their features against databases to identify repeat violent offenders. https://www. abc.net.au/news/2026-08-17/col es-and-…