CA Store Using AI To Catch Shoplifters: Report

WINTER, CA — Artificial intelligence is helping retailers stop shoplifting, including in California, according to reports.

Sukhdeep Kaur of Winters Market in rural Yolo County told CBS Sacramento that the store loses around $40,000 annually to shoplifting and that the market has been using a subscription service called Veesion to combat the issue.

Veesion applies AI to gesture recognition to detect suspicious behavior associated with shoplifting in a retail environment, adapting and learning autonomously, according to Veesion’s website, which said the system identifies risky behavior and alerts staff.

"People are actually surprised with the tech we use because they don't expect us to accurately detect something like this," Kaur told CBS Sacramento.