‘Dynamic Pricing’ at Major Grocery Chain Can Vary Prices Depending on Your Income

AI pricing could result in customers incurring higher costs based on personal data used to gauge their purchasing thresholds.

AP/Rogelio V. Solis, file
Two U.S. senators are raising alarms about grocery chain Kroger's artificial intelligence-driven 'dynamic pricing' model. AP/Rogelio V. Solis, file

Two U.S. senators are raising alarms about grocery chain Kroger’s artificial intelligence-driven “dynamic pricing” model.

Senators Warren of Massachusetts and Casey of Pennsylvania, both Democrats, say the initiative, which Kroger presented as a way to enhance customer experience, might exemplify unchecked corporate greed.

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