AI-trucks delivered toilet paper to Dallas-Fort Worth Sam’s Club locations

Artificial IntelligenceHigh Tech / High Touch
Written By Jennifer Joslyn

Photo by Claire Mueller on Unsplash

🧻 Sam’s Club stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas area can be expecting a special delivery via driverless trucks: toilet paper.

These vehicles will be operating in live traffic and signify a major push for autonomous trucks in the field. With drivers hard to come by, this move will lead stores to save more money on inventory and reduce complexities in the supply chain.

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