Amazon exec explains grocery tech changes, debunks media reports about human reviewers

Dilip Kumar, VP of AWS applications, at an Amazon event in 2022. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop)Amazon’s grocery technology has been in the news a lot over the past couple of weeks, following layoffs in the Amazon Web Services group responsible for the company’s physical store checkout and identity services.The company is shifting away from “Just Walk Out” in its large grocery stores, which uses cameras and sensors to detect what people put in their carts, letting them avoid the checkout line. Instead, it’s ...