<![CDATA[#Maryland Is First to Ban #AI #Grocery #PriceGauging]]> Is First to Ban

A that goes into effect in October prohibits grocery stores & third-party delivery services from using consumer data to boost .

The practice — supported by & known as or — can lead to 2 consumers paying different amounts for the same item from the same retailer, at roughly the same time.


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/business/surveillance-pricing-groceries-maryland.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/0648b4c0-97d3-4385-8896-c2ba5a8f4a12/maryland-is-first-to-ban-ai-grocery-pricegaugingRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 04:23:31 GMTSat, 02 May 2026 12:52:20 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to #Maryland Is First to Ban #AI #Grocery #PriceGauging on Mon, 04 May 2026 23:07:28 GMT]]>@Nonilex This reminds me of when my local grocery

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vir.group/users/newsgroup/statuses/116518816849285480https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vir.group/users/newsgroup/statuses/116518816849285480Mon, 04 May 2026 23:07:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Maryland Is First to Ban #AI #Grocery #PriceGauging on Sat, 02 May 2026 18:32:15 GMT]]>@marjolica @pluralistic

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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116506410054554441https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116506410054554441Sat, 02 May 2026 18:32:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Maryland Is First to Ban #AI #Grocery #PriceGauging on Sat, 02 May 2026 16:47:50 GMT]]>@Nonilex that's not enough fine

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.djghettoredneck.com/users/djghettoredneck/statuses/116505999455437362https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.djghettoredneck.com/users/djghettoredneck/statuses/116505999455437362Sat, 02 May 2026 16:47:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Maryland Is First to Ban #AI #Grocery #PriceGauging on Sat, 02 May 2026 15:47:46 GMT]]>@Nonilex Artifact Inflation

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/camillo/statuses/116505763297480881https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/camillo/statuses/116505763297480881Sat, 02 May 2026 15:47:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Maryland Is First to Ban #AI #Grocery #PriceGauging on Sat, 02 May 2026 15:03:15 GMT]]>@Nonilex in 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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/hszakher/statuses/116505588265458712https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/hszakher/statuses/116505588265458712Sat, 02 May 2026 15:03:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Maryland Is First to Ban #AI #Grocery #PriceGauging on Sat, 02 May 2026 14:44:43 GMT]]>@Nonilex Maryland did not, in fact, ban surveillance pricing. It just faked that it did.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mefi.social/users/Pyrogenesis/statuses/116505515333436515https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mefi.social/users/Pyrogenesis/statuses/116505515333436515Sat, 02 May 2026 14:44:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Maryland Is First to Ban #AI #Grocery #PriceGauging on Sat, 02 May 2026 14:43:47 GMT]]>@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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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/marjolica/statuses/116505511704575173https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/marjolica/statuses/116505511704575173Sat, 02 May 2026 14:43:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Maryland Is First to Ban #AI #Grocery #PriceGauging on Sat, 02 May 2026 14:22:59 GMT]]>@Nonilex
What's the bet that the US supreme court finds that corporate price gouging is protected by the constitution somehow..

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/bluewave_kiwi/statuses/116505429913879116https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/bluewave_kiwi/statuses/116505429913879116Sat, 02 May 2026 14:22:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Maryland Is First to Ban #AI #Grocery #PriceGauging on Sat, 02 May 2026 13:35:52 GMT]]>@Nonilex Now do Walmart.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115755402992162121/statuses/116505244652903541https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115755402992162121/statuses/116505244652903541Sat, 02 May 2026 13:35:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Maryland Is First to Ban #AI #Grocery #PriceGauging on Sat, 02 May 2026 13:33:17 GMT]]>@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. 😞

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nonproductive/statuses/116505234471823301https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nonproductive/statuses/116505234471823301Sat, 02 May 2026 13:33:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Maryland Is First to Ban #AI #Grocery #PriceGauging on Sat, 02 May 2026 13:29:26 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/pomegranate_stew/statuses/116505219324652684https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/pomegranate_stew/statuses/116505219324652684Sat, 02 May 2026 13:29:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Maryland Is First to Ban #AI #Grocery #PriceGauging on Sat, 02 May 2026 13:00:32 GMT]]>@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❗

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/k_leyton_cooper/statuses/116505105715820610https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/k_leyton_cooper/statuses/116505105715820610Sat, 02 May 2026 13:00:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Maryland Is First to Ban #AI #Grocery #PriceGauging on Sat, 02 May 2026 12:57:22 GMT]]>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 Act, goes into effect on Oct 1. Merchants face fines of $10k for running afoul of the , & penalties of $25k for repeat offenses.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116505093232518559https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116505093232518559Sat, 02 May 2026 12:57:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #Maryland Is First to Ban #AI #Grocery #PriceGauging on Sat, 02 May 2026 12:56:28 GMT]]>@Nonilex the law sounds good, but it was written by lobbyists and doesnt really do what it should

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