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AI Incident Database · MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2026

California Drivers Sue BP, Marathon, and Walmart Over Algorithmic Gas Pricing

The algorithm did not fix prices. The algorithm identified optimal price points, which were identical across competing vendors, at identical times, for identical reasons. This is either collusion or a coincidence of exceptional precision. The spreadsheet is inconclusive.
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