Future of shopping: Instacart debuts AI-driven ‘smart carts' to NYC retailers

The future is in aisle five. Artificial intelligence-powered smart carts are rolling out in Big Apple supermarkets — and they do practically everything except cook the food. Instacart’s Caper Carts use AI to identify items, their price and the weight of produce — and allow shoppers to check out stress-free with a click on a touch screen. 5 Instacart’s Caper Cart uses artificial intelligence to automatically detect each product, its price and the weight of produce. Helayne Seidman“2024 is the new 2050,” o ...