Indiana businesses are increasingly using AI like Veesion to flag potential shoplifting in real time, with cameras analyzing footage for suspicious gestures and sending quick notifications to staff, all while the company claims the system operates anonymously without biometric data. While the technology has helped some stores confront theft and ban repeat offenders, critics warn of false positives and the risk that shoppers could be wrongly flagged. Retail theft fell about 10% in 2025, yet the financial toll on small businesses remains significant. In digital advertising, Google is testing AI Max within Standard Shopping campaigns, offering automated ad copy generation, expanded landing-page options, and the possibility for the AI to switch between Shopping and text ads, while keeping existing bidding and targeting controls. If broadly rolled out, AI Max could bring Performance Max-like automation to Standard Shopping, potentially improving match quality and efficiency for advertisers. Alphabet chief Sundar Pichai says the company is prioritizing AI accelerators for artificial general intelligence, allocating TPU power to frontier AGI development while continuing to support core products and cloud services, balancing research ambitions with customer demand.