#Maryland Is First to Ban #AI #Grocery #PriceGauging
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#Maryland Is First to Ban #AI #Grocery #PriceGauging
A #state #law that goes into effect in October prohibits grocery stores & third-party delivery services from using consumer data to boost #prices.
The practice — supported by #ArtificialIntelligence & known as #DynamicPricing or #SurveillancePricing — can lead to 2 consumers paying different amounts for the same item from the same retailer, at roughly the same time.
#surveillance #tech #regulation #economy #inflation
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/business/surveillance-pricing-groceries-maryland.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share@Nonilex
Yeah... today, some Super Markets electronically raise price of ice cream on hot days -- while U'r shopping in the store!
Next, they'll increase flea powder if a sales clerk sees a customer scratching their head
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If a store knows, for example, that one of those customers lives in a wealthier neighborhood, it can charge that person a higher price.
The bill enforcing the ban, the Protection From #PredatoryPricing Act, goes into effect on Oct 1. Merchants face fines of $10k for running afoul of the #law, & penalties of $25k for repeat offenses.
#law #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Grocery #PriceGauging #DynamicPricing #SurveillancePricing #surveillance #tech #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving
@Nonilex
Or even worse, be used in a discriminatory way to discourage certain groups from shopping in the store, say by raising prices on Black, or Latino, or Asian customers. -
If a store knows, for example, that one of those customers lives in a wealthier neighborhood, it can charge that person a higher price.
The bill enforcing the ban, the Protection From #PredatoryPricing Act, goes into effect on Oct 1. Merchants face fines of $10k for running afoul of the #law, & penalties of $25k for repeat offenses.
#law #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Grocery #PriceGauging #DynamicPricing #SurveillancePricing #surveillance #tech #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving
@Nonilex To someone like Amazon, those fines are pocket change compared to what the rigged or conf gets them. They should have set find based on revenues.
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#Maryland Is First to Ban #AI #Grocery #PriceGauging
A #state #law that goes into effect in October prohibits grocery stores & third-party delivery services from using consumer data to boost #prices.
The practice — supported by #ArtificialIntelligence & known as #DynamicPricing or #SurveillancePricing — can lead to 2 consumers paying different amounts for the same item from the same retailer, at roughly the same time.
#surveillance #tech #regulation #economy #inflation
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/business/surveillance-pricing-groceries-maryland.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share@Nonilex Now do Walmart.
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#Maryland Is First to Ban #AI #Grocery #PriceGauging
A #state #law that goes into effect in October prohibits grocery stores & third-party delivery services from using consumer data to boost #prices.
The practice — supported by #ArtificialIntelligence & known as #DynamicPricing or #SurveillancePricing — can lead to 2 consumers paying different amounts for the same item from the same retailer, at roughly the same time.
#surveillance #tech #regulation #economy #inflation
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/business/surveillance-pricing-groceries-maryland.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share@Nonilex
What's the bet that the US supreme court finds that corporate price gouging is protected by the constitution somehow.. -
#Maryland Is First to Ban #AI #Grocery #PriceGauging
A #state #law that goes into effect in October prohibits grocery stores & third-party delivery services from using consumer data to boost #prices.
The practice — supported by #ArtificialIntelligence & known as #DynamicPricing or #SurveillancePricing — can lead to 2 consumers paying different amounts for the same item from the same retailer, at roughly the same time.
#surveillance #tech #regulation #economy #inflation
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/business/surveillance-pricing-groceries-maryland.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share@Nonilex before we get too gung-ho about this ban I think it's worth reading @pluralistic 's take on it: TLDR - it's been nobbled by the lobbyists.
"Pluralistic: How not to ban surveillance pricing (30 Apr 2026)"
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#Maryland Is First to Ban #AI #Grocery #PriceGauging
A #state #law that goes into effect in October prohibits grocery stores & third-party delivery services from using consumer data to boost #prices.
The practice — supported by #ArtificialIntelligence & known as #DynamicPricing or #SurveillancePricing — can lead to 2 consumers paying different amounts for the same item from the same retailer, at roughly the same time.
#surveillance #tech #regulation #economy #inflation
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/business/surveillance-pricing-groceries-maryland.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share@Nonilex Maryland did not, in fact, ban surveillance pricing. It just faked that it did.
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If a store knows, for example, that one of those customers lives in a wealthier neighborhood, it can charge that person a higher price.
The bill enforcing the ban, the Protection From #PredatoryPricing Act, goes into effect on Oct 1. Merchants face fines of $10k for running afoul of the #law, & penalties of $25k for repeat offenses.
#law #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Grocery #PriceGauging #DynamicPricing #SurveillancePricing #surveillance #tech #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving
@Nonilex in #egypt about 25 years ago, it was illegal to sell same product with two different prices at the same day
I believe the taxes would then be calculated based on the higher price. In germany, price changes in certain sectors (eg transportation) must be announced 3 months in advance...etc. there are practical and legal ways to prevent predatory pricing. -
#Maryland Is First to Ban #AI #Grocery #PriceGauging
A #state #law that goes into effect in October prohibits grocery stores & third-party delivery services from using consumer data to boost #prices.
The practice — supported by #ArtificialIntelligence & known as #DynamicPricing or #SurveillancePricing — can lead to 2 consumers paying different amounts for the same item from the same retailer, at roughly the same time.
#surveillance #tech #regulation #economy #inflation
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/business/surveillance-pricing-groceries-maryland.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share@Nonilex Artifact Inflation
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If a store knows, for example, that one of those customers lives in a wealthier neighborhood, it can charge that person a higher price.
The bill enforcing the ban, the Protection From #PredatoryPricing Act, goes into effect on Oct 1. Merchants face fines of $10k for running afoul of the #law, & penalties of $25k for repeat offenses.
#law #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Grocery #PriceGauging #DynamicPricing #SurveillancePricing #surveillance #tech #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving
@Nonilex that's not enough fine
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@Nonilex before we get too gung-ho about this ban I think it's worth reading @pluralistic 's take on it: TLDR - it's been nobbled by the lobbyists.
"Pluralistic: How not to ban surveillance pricing (30 Apr 2026)"
Let’s just be straight about it & tax the rich rather than disguising it & accidentally taxing the poor who share a zip code with a wealthy neighborhood.
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#Maryland Is First to Ban #AI #Grocery #PriceGauging
A #state #law that goes into effect in October prohibits grocery stores & third-party delivery services from using consumer data to boost #prices.
The practice — supported by #ArtificialIntelligence & known as #DynamicPricing or #SurveillancePricing — can lead to 2 consumers paying different amounts for the same item from the same retailer, at roughly the same time.
#surveillance #tech #regulation #economy #inflation
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/business/surveillance-pricing-groceries-maryland.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share@Nonilex This reminds me of when my local grocery
