ai surveillance, coles, palantir, profits, supermarket, woolworths

The Secret Sauce of Coles’ and Woolworths’ Profits: High-Tech Surveillance and Control

Coles and Woolworths, the supermarket chains that together control almost two-thirds of the Australian grocery market, are facing unprecedented scrutiny. One recent inquiry, commissioned by the Australian Council of Trade Unions and led by former Australian Consumer and Competition Commission chair Allan Fels, found the pair engaged in unfair pricing practices; an ongoing Senate inquiry ...

Troy Oakes

Dairy shelves at a supermarket.

China’s Export of AI Surveillance Worldwide Is Dangerous

China is building the biggest AI surveillance system in the world, complete with millions of cameras set up throughout the country, facial recognition systems capable of identifying people by their ethnicity, apps that track citizens’ activities online, a censorship system that automatically monitors who is speaking against the government, and a host of other repressive ...

Nspirement Staff

AI surveillance cameras.