A young boy at a Ralphs grocery store in Los Angeles, spotting Tally, a six-foot-tall sensor tower that beeps, blinks purple and green and rolls through the aisles checking inventory. Tally, built by Simbe Robotics, has been deployed at hundreds of Kroger-owned stores after pilots in Indianapolis and Cincinnati. Kroger announced it will lay off 3,000 corporate employees over the next three years as it ramps up AI use. (Los Angeles Times)