Key details
Lawsuit targets over 1700 stations in California.
AI called Kalibrate adjusts prices using traffic time weather events and competitor data.
System gets fed costs sales volumes inventory and past prices.
It finds ways to raise prices together across stations.
Claim says this added up to 30 cents extra per gallon.
Defendants include big chains plus the AI company itself.
Case accuses them of illegal coordination without direct talks.
A new lawsuit shows major gas stations are using AI to drive up prices and coordinate price fixing
‘They're using an AI tool called Kalibrate to adjust prices based on confidential data. The lawsuit claims this has increased gas prices by as much as $0.30 a gallon’ in California… pic.twitter.com/GabbuUAdgy
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