# Amazon scans items in imaging tunnels to flag defects with computer vision, and associates review what it flags and decide what happens to each item

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20240603-warehouse-worker-5
Date: 2024-06-03 · Stage: Deployment
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## Scope

North America. The company's own page says that before an item ships it travels through an imaging tunnel where Project P.I. uses computer vision to detect defects such as a bent book cover; that associates review the items it flags and decide whether each can be resold at a discount, donated or put to another use; and that the model is already helping to enhance manual inspections at several fulfilment centres. One company's own account of a check before shipping, not at the receiving dock; it gives no figures on staffing or time.

## Source

- Amazon (About Amazon) — 'How Amazon's "Private Investigator" works' (Project P.I., published 3 June 2024) — https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/innovation-at-amazon/amazon-ai-sustainability-carbon-footprint-product-defects (primary source)

## What this means

In a large warehouse network, a machine flags damaged goods and a person decides what to do with each one.

## What it does not show yet

A check before shipping rather than at receiving, with no staffing figures.

## How to verify it yourself

Open About Amazon's article on Project P.I. and find "Amazon associates—who review the items Project P.I. flags".


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