India, June 23 -- A group of California drivers has launched a lawsuit against several big-name gas station operators, including BP, Circle K, Marathon Petroleum, 7-Eleven, Walmart, and Albertsons-claiming they used artificial intelligence to jack up gasoline prices.
This proposed class-action suit, filed in a federal court in Sacramento, argues that these companies broke California's Cartwright Act by employing an AI-driven pricing tool from Kalibrate.
The lawsuit suggests that this software pulls data from nearby gas stations to set fuel prices, which allegedly stifles competition and raises costs for consumers.
The plaintiffs contend that this approach is in violation of California Assembly Bill 325, a law that just went into effect o...