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McDonald's uses AI to set prices by customer willingness to pay
Original: McDonalds has AI estimate "customer willingness to pay" at each restaurant
Reuters reports that McDonald's is deploying artificial intelligence to estimate how much customers at each individual restaurant are willing to pay, allowing prices for items like the Big Mac to vary by location. The push highlights how algorithmic pricing is moving into everyday fast food, raising questions about fairness, transparency and how much diners will pay for the same meal depending on where they order it.
Why now: New reporting reveals a major fast-food chain is using AI to personalize pricing, which sparks debate over fairness and consumer costs
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