AI may change the price of your Big Mac and groceries — what this means for shoppers

Food retailers are using artificial intelligence to adjust prices in real time and track customer habits. These tools allow companies to approach personalized price discrimination by estimating an individual shopper's willingness to pay. For economic analysts, this practice distorts standard consumer price index calculations and weakens price transparency.

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