A federal lawsuit alleges that major gas station operators in California are using artificial intelligence to inflate fuel prices.
The complaint claims that using a specific algorithm from Kalibrate Fuel Systems has increased gasoline prices by 22 cents and diesel by 33 cents per gallon.
The legal action is among the first filed under California law AB 325, which prohibits the use of shared pricing algorithms.
Major corporations named in the lawsuit include Walmart, BP, Marathon Petroleum, and 7-Eleven, with the state's fuel watchdog also investigating.