Firms including BP and 7-Eleven accused of coordinating prices to \u2018wring more money from pockets of consumers\u2019<\/p>\n
Gas \u2060station \u200boperators including BP, Circle K, Marathon, 7-Eleven, Walmart and Albertsons were sued on Monday by California drivers \u2060who accused them of using artificial intelligence to boost prices at the pump.<\/p>\n
According to a proposed class action, the defendants \u2060violated California\u2019s main antitrust law, the Cartwright Act, by using an AI-based tool that \u200buses data from competing gas \u200cstations to \u201ccoordinate high prices \u200cand wring more money from the pockets of consumers\u201d.<\/p>\n
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