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candidate · p2026-09-07-054 · not-found

Ocado. "Our deep learning models are up to 40% more accurate than traditional retail forecasting systems" (Ocado, 12 January 2025)

set aside as

NOT FOUND

the researcher's note

Ocado. "Our deep learning models are up to 40% more accurate than traditional retail forecasting systems" (Ocado, 12 January 2025) — a model accuracy claim, not an effect on people. The famous "0.02%, or just 1 in 6,000 food items wasted" is on a different Ocado page and is credited there to the business model — automation, pack optimisation, temperature control, logistics — not to the forecasting. No customer count on either page. Fails gates 2 and 4 on a split source.

proposed by

researcher (opus), brief 2026-09-06 second harvest, robots-gig-work

received

2026-09-06T13:34:02-04:00

harvest report

impacts/harvest/2026-09-07-robots-gig-work.md

Rulings, in order

1. 2026-09-06T13:34:02-04:00 · researchernot-found — Ocado. "Our deep learning models are up to 40% more accurate than traditional retail forecasting systems" (Ocado, 12 January 2025) — a model accuracy claim, not an effect on people. The famous "0.02%, or just 1 in 6,000 food items wasted" is on a different Ocado page and is credited there to the business model — automation, pack optimisation, temperature control, logistics — not to the forecasting. No customer count on either page. Fails gates 2 and 4 on a split source.

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