Prøve GULL - Gratis
Instacart is using AI to charge customers different prices
Los Angeles Times
|December 11, 2025
The grocery delivery service Instacart is using artificial intelligence to experiment with prices and charge some shoppers more than others for the same items, a new study found.
The study from nonprofits Groundwork Collaborative and Consumer Reports followed more than 400 shoppers in four cities and found that Instacart sometimes offered as many as five different sales prices for the exact same item, at the same store and on the same day.
The average difference between the highest price and lowest price on the same item was 13%, but some participants in the study saw prices that were 23% higher than those offered to other shoppers.
The varying prices are unfair to consumers and exacerbate a grocery affordability crisis that regular Americans are already struggling to cope with, said Lindsey Owens, executive director of Groundwork Collaborative.
Denne historien er fra December 11, 2025-utgaven av Los Angeles Times.
Abonner på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av kuraterte premiumhistorier og over 9000 magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent? Logg på
FLERE HISTORIER FRA Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Justice Department again fails to re-indict N.Y. Atty. Gen. James
A grand jury declined for a second time in a week to re-indict New York Atty.
3 mins
December 13, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Mondelēz is bringing zero-sugar Oreos to the U.S. in January
Rejoice, New Year's dieters: Oreos are getting a sugar-free option.
1 mins
December 13, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Is fix for Lakers' defense on the bench?
The film tells the truth.
3 mins
December 13, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Man gets stuck in trunk of Waymo
In the latest snafu involving driverless cars, a man who jumped into the open trunk of a Waymo taxi — only to be stuck there — became the subject of a viral social media video.
1 mins
December 13, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Russian lugers plan to compete at Lake Placid
Ukrainian athletes believe they shouldn’t be allowed at World Cup race next week.
3 mins
December 13, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Altadena fire crews lacked satellite maps
L.A. County did not have access to the common tracking tool that can save lives.
9 mins
December 13, 2025
Los Angeles Times
2,600% gains to 86% losses: How crypto bubble burst
What began the year as one of the best trades in the stock market has, in a matter of months, turned into one of the worst.
4 mins
December 13, 2025
Los Angeles Times
SOCAL'S LAST TRUE SLOPESIDE HOME IS NOW AVAILABLE
Despite a 150-plus-year history of snow sports and over a dozen resorts, Southern California has only one true slopeside ski development, and the very last available property is now on the market.
1 mins
December 13, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Hep B decision puts youth at risk
I was walking into Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in South Los Angeles to see newborns when the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to remove the recommendation for a universal hepatitis B birth dose that had been in place since 1991.
1 min
December 13, 2025
Los Angeles Times
'Capt. Hollywood' won't face charges
Detectives say LAPD leaders undermined probe of tip CBS got about rape allegation.
7 mins
December 13, 2025
Listen
Translate
Change font size