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With the rise of AI in food and beverage sector over the years, there have been heated debates over the wisdom of handing over too much control in the name of automation. One of the most advanced markets in terms of technological advances over the past decade is undoubtedly China, with technology and AI being implemented in many facets of the food value chain from production to processing to retail and e-commerce – but even here, these concerns are still present. According to industry expert British Standards International (BSI) Global Food and Retail Managing Director Todd Redwood, there is a need to ensure that AI can enhance human roles in the supply chain. “The most important one that most people are worried about is bias and discrimination, which comes in at the point of training the AI algorithm,’ he added. “We know that Coca-Cola is using AI for social media scanning to pick out both their own and competitor’s products trending online, and use this information to target product innovation,” he said.