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California drivers sue gas stations for allegedly using AI to inflate prices
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2026
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Like do you really need an AI to do this? It's been going on for years where I live. It's not hard for all the local gas stations to collude to raise prices. It's easier than ever when you have the likes of gasbuddy crowd-sourcing all the price-checking.
That's illegal as well.
Sure, but now you can blame the AI. Sorry, not our fault.
how does the logic work so it's not their fault? if they are price fixing they are price fixing, the mechanism doesn't matter.
Yep, if you tell an AI to do something, you are at least partially to blame for whatever it does. They shouldn't be able to avoid responsibility that easily.
That's kind if what Germany told Google. "If you have AI write your search summaries, you are responsible for checking its work and liable for its mistakes.
No, you are entirely to blame.
SHOULD be entirely to blame. But arnt cause rich people
Yeah you're probably on the money there. AI gives you some sort of plausible deniability?
It didn't work for the RealPage rent price-fixing lawsuit.
It kind of did. They got a slap on the wrist and will still do it. It's the 4th or 5th time they got busted for doing it.