Slew Of California Gas Stations Illegally Used AI To Raise Prices, Lawsuit Claims
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A group of Californian consumers reported that gas station owners, including Walmart, Marathon Petroleum, BP and 7-Eleven, are using artificial intelligence to illegally manipulate gasoline prices in the state, which already records the highest prices in the United States. According to the lawsuit filed this Monday before a federal court in Sacramento, companies, operating more than 1,700 filling stations across the state, use an AI tool from Ka…
BP, Marathon, 7-Eleven, Walmart sued for allegedly using AI to boost California gas prices
By Jonathan Stempel June 22 (Reuters) – Gas station operators including BP, Circle K, Marathon Petroleum, 7-Eleven, Walmart and Albertsons were sued on Monday by California drivers who accused them of using artificial intelligence to boost prices at the pump. According to a proposed class action, the defendants violated California’s main antitrust law, the Cartwright Act, by using an AI-based tool that uses data from competing gas stations to “c…
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