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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Jasmine Fernández

Major gas stations are using AI to keep prices inflated, lawsuit says

A group of California residents has filed a federal lawsuit accusing several major fuel retailers of using artificial intelligence software to illegally coordinate and inflate gas prices across the state.

The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, Sacramento division, alleges that the companies used pricing software developed by the technology firm Kalibrate to fix fuel costs instead of competing independently, Reuters reported.

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