New AI System Can Analyze Body Language to Identify Shoplifters

A new AI system could be the long-awaited answer in resolving a worldwide problem- shoplifting.  

Dubbed as Vaakeye, the latest artificial intelligence software developed by Japanese startup Vaak identifies shoplifters through their body language and alerts the store employees via an app so that they can prevent stealing.

The system works with footage from security cameras to identify honest shoppers and shoplifters through body language cues such as fidgeting and restlessness. According to Vaak CEO Ryo Tanaka, the new AI system determines shady activity based on over 100 aspects of shoppers’ behavior that include gait, hand movements, clothing choices, and facial expressions.

In 2018, the tech firm’s software reportedly helped catch a shoplifter while at a convenience store in Japan. “I thought then, ‘Ah, at last! We took an important step closer to a society where crime can be prevented with AI,” said Tanaka. Per Bloomberg Quint, shoplifting cost various retailers worldwide $34 billion in sales loss in 2017.

The Tokyo-based company started selling the shoplifting-detection system this month and is eyeing to be in 100,000 stores in Japan in a span of three years. Thomas O’Connor, a retail analyst at Gartner, said that many US or UK retailers have CCTV cameras within their stores’ facilities.  That’s being leveraged by linking it to an analytics tool, which can then do the actual analysis in a more efficient and effective way,”

However, a study from MIT and Stanford University found that commercial artificial intelligence systems can demonstrate both racist and sexist biases, based on the type of data being used. For one, Amazon’s technology has been slammed by lawmakers for being bias in its AI-based facial recognition system. Meanwhile, Tanaka said his startup company is just discovering the “market potential” of its software.

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