Walmart has turned one of its smaller-format locations into what it calls the Intelligent Retail Lab, or IRL, which has artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled cameras, interactive displays, a massive “glass-encased data center bathed in blue glow” and “enough processing power to download three years’ worth of music [27,000 hours] each second.”
The retailer said it will be “in data-gathering mode” to start, including a test of “new, innovative ideas,” such as detecting on-shelf products to trigger out-of-stock notifications for 30,000+ items, as well as making sure shopping carts are available and registers are open.
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