Class-Action Lawsuit Blames AI for Causing Gas Price Inflation in California

A class-action lawsuit in California alleges that gas station operators and the AI-powered pricing company Kalibrate committed anti-trust violations. The legal action claims that these entities utilized AI-enabled software to artificially inflate fuel prices across the state. According to the suit, the implementation of this specific technology allowed gas stations to jack up prices, leading to fuel price inflation that negatively impacted consumers throughout California through the use of automated pricing tools.