Maryland becomes first state to ban AI-driven price increases in grocery stores
Maryland enacted the first US state ban on "surveillance pricing" — the AI-powered practice of charging individual consumers different prices based on their personal data. The law targets a novel and consumer-facing form of AI use that has drawn growing concern from privacy advocates and competition regulators.
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