California Consumers Sue Gas Stations Over AI Price Fixing

A group of California consumers filed a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging that gas station operators including Walmart, Marathon Petroleum, BP and 7-Eleven used an artificial intelligence pricing tool to illegally inflate pump prices in the state, according to a complaint filed in federal court in Sacramento. The companies, which collectively operate more than 1,700 filling stations across California, used an algorithm from Kalibrate Fuel Systems that automatically adjusted prices based on