Amazon has scrapped a plan to use new high-tech surveillance cameras to verify whether its delivery drivers are wearing face masks on the job. From a report: The internet retail giant is in the process of installing the cameras — which will use artificial intelligence to identify driver drowsiness, distracted driving and other risky behavior — in its vast fleet of Amazon-branded delivery vans in the U.S., a move Amazon says is aimed at improving safety. In a recent training video for drivers, Amazon listed one previously unreported form of driver behavior it planned to use the cameras to check for — “face mask compliance” — according to an image of the video viewed by The Information. But after receiving questions from The Information about the plan, Amazon said it would no longer use the cameras to make sure drivers are wearing masks. The company said it made the change because its policy doesn’t require drivers to wear face masks when they are alone in their vans.
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