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Amazon said Tuesday it’s developed a new artificial intelligence system to help maintain social distancing in its warehouses, and it plans to share the underlying technology for free.

Called Distance Assistant, the tech involves a 50-inch monitor, camera and laptop set up on a mount. The camera tracks how closely people are walking near each other, showing workers walking by the device augmented-reality circles around them. The circles remain green if someone is six feet away from others but turns red if they get too close together.