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AI Is Set to Decide What You Pay for Everything

Original: AI Will Decide What You Will Pay For Everything # News # TechNews # Technology # AI # McDonalds # ArtificialIntelligence

Commentary is circulating arguing that artificial intelligence will increasingly set the prices consumers pay, from fast food to everyday goods, with McDonald's cited as an example of algorithmic or surge-style pricing. Critics warn this could amount to automated price gouging, with AI charging each customer the maximum they are willing to pay, raising concerns about fairness and transparency.

Why now: Growing unease over companies using AI and dynamic pricing to personalise what customers pay.

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