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Winners & losers: Once again, AI is blamed for something else besides failing to cure cancer. A class-action lawsuit in California accuses gas-station operators of using the tech to increase prices at the pump by as much as 30 cents a gallon in some areas.
The class action claims the defendants, which include BP, Circle K, Marathon Petroleum, 7-Eleven, Walmart, and Albertsons, violated California's main antitrust law, the Cartwright Act, writes Reuters.
The suit also claims the alleged conduct violates Assembly Bill 325, a state law designed to address algorithmic price fixing that took effect at the start of 2026.
