California drivers sue major gas companies for alleged AI-price fixing as prices at the pump soar

Source: New York Post

California drivers claim they were taken for a ride at the pump — and they’re blaming AI. BP, Marathon Petroleum, 7-Eleven, Walmart and several other major gas station operators were hit with a class-action lawsuit Monday accusing them of using an artificial intelligence-driven pricing tool to illegally jack up gas prices across the Golden State, according to Reuters. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Sacramento, alleges the companies used a tool from pricing software firm Kalibrate to gather data from competing stations and “coordinate high prices” in violation of California’s main antitrust law, the Cartwright Act.