Instacart Scraps Ai Pricing Tests That Made Some Products More Expensive

Instacart is ending its AI-powered pricing tests, which led immoderate users to spot higher prices connected definite products than others. "Now, if 2 families are shopping for nan aforesaid items, astatine nan aforesaid time, from nan aforesaid shop location connected Instacart, they spot nan aforesaid prices - period," Instacart writes successful a blog station connected Monday.

The alteration comes conscionable weeks aft a study from Groundwork Collaborative, Consumer Reports, and More Perfect Union recovered that Instacart offered aggregate value points for nan aforesaid market items astatine nan aforesaid store. The study drew attraction from lawmakers, including Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who said successful a letter to nan Federal Tr …

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