Shanghai Wants to Integrate AI Into Everything — Even Wet Market

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Shanghai is trying to reinvent community wet markets for the 2020s. That means better hygiene, trendier stalls, and AI-powered smart scales. SHANGHAI — As shoppers step into the bustling wet market on downtown Luban Road, they are now greeted by a vast LED screen displaying the fresh produce on sale and the day’s prices. It’s the most visible sign of the back-to-the-future campaign taking place across Shanghai, as the city of 25 million tries to reinvent traditional wet markets for the 2020s. For decades, wet markets have been a riotous hub of community life in China’s major cities. The markets bring together dozens of stalls selling fresh meat, vegetables, and seafood, often jammed together in cramped, noisy spaces. Today, there are hundreds of wet markets all over Shanghai, and they have proved remarkably resilient. Though they’re hardly relaxing places to shop, they offer customers access to fresh, cheap produce within a few minutes’ walk of their homes. But the city is ………………………………