Future of shopping: Instacart debuts AI-driven ‘smart carts’ to NYC retailers
NY Post
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.
“2024 is the new 2050,” one TikTok user, @em.ly.x titled a Feb. 8 video in which she uses a Caper Cart at a ShopRite store.
The carts — which are in a Fairway Market in Kips Bay and a handful of ShopRites on Staten Island in New Jersey — may also save consumers a buck or two.
If a customer spends $35 or more, when they checkout, the touch screen prompts them to spin a wheel that lands them $2, $5 or $10 off their entire purchase.
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