Amazon pulled Just Walk Out technologyfrom its grocery stores earlier this week.
Amazon disputed that characterization as a fabrication.
A handful of engineers and managers are left to maintain Just Walk Out, the former employee claims.
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Our source says dozens of Just Walk Out team members were impacted.
Gizmodos story is wrong, said an Amazon spokesperson.
Amazon employees who were laid off Wednesday took to LinkedIn after the news.
Gizmodo counted at least 15 Just Walk Out employees who are now open to work.
One of the posts claims that half of their Just Walk Out team was laid off.
A few of the teams managers appeared to still be on staff, based on their LinkedIn profiles.
Just Walk Out repeatedly failed at several internal metrics, the former senior team member claims.
Most glaring, it never became truly autonomous.
Amazon confirmed this but disputed what percentage of videos needed to be verified.
By mid-2022, The Informationreported, 70% of purchases required review.
But there were other problems.
It was the biggest player then, and it still is today.
Amazon now gives the impression of scaling back its aspirations.
At least, not with the technology thats out there today.
Thats not the tool for this tech.
Juxta focuses on small convenience stores, like most automated retailers in this tiny, but growing industry.
However, Amazon is big enough that it can afford to take those kinds of risks.
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