Government Goes After Rite Aid for Using ‘Unfair’ Facial Recognition Technology To Catch Shoplifters, Saying It Targets and ‘Humiliates’ People of Color

The retailer, which is already facing financial strain from settlements related to opioid lawsuits and suffering major financial losses from rampant shoplifting, uses AI-powered surveillance to ‘capture images of all consumers as they entered or moved through the stores.’