Key report findings included:

• Almost three-quarters of grocery items that the report’s authors tested on Instacart showed different prices to different shoppers. Some items had up to five price points simultaneously. For instance, people shopping at a Safeway in Washington, D.C., saw a dozen Lucerne eggs listed at five prices: $3.99, $4.28, $4.59,

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States including New York, Colorado, California, Georgia, Illinois and Pennsylvania have introduced or advanced legislation to curb individualized or algorithm-driven price manipulation, according to the consumer groups. Additionally, Texas Democrat Rep. Greg Casar’s "Stop AI Price Gouging and Wage Fixing Act" would ban the use of personal data to... See more

The report comes as federal and state legislators increasingly scrutinize potentially deceptive corporate pricing schemes, including algorithmic and “surveillance” technology. At the federal level, the Stop AI Price Gouging and Wage Fixing Act, introduced by Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, aims to prohibit the use of personal data to set individualized... See more