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Sainsbury’s pauses AI facial recognition cameras after shopper wrongly ejected

Published 17 August 2026, 7:31am

Sainsbury’s has paused the use of AI-powered facial recognition cameras after a shopper was wrongly removed from one of its stores as a suspected shoplifter.

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