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 buying for the aforesaid items, astatine the aforesaid time, from the aforesaid store determination connected Instacart, they spot the aforesaid prices - period," Instacart writes successful a blog station connected Monday.

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

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