Allentown bans grocery stores from using personal data and AI to set prices
Labor groups, consumer advocates and city leaders backed the first-in-the-nation measure banning the use of race, gender, social media and other personal data — and AI — to set grocery prices.
Imagine filling an online grocery cart, only to wonder whether the price of milk or eggs was shaped by where you live, what you searched for or something you told a chatbot. It’s a real consumer worry as grocery prices continue to skyrocket.