by Madyson Fitzgerald | Mar 27, 2026 | affordability, AI, AI surveillance, Algorithms, Food Prices, grocery costs, Instacart, News, Personal Data, Surveillance
One online grocery shopper got charged $3.99 for a box of Wheat Thins, while another — buying from the same store at the same time — got charged $4.89. A consumer watchdog detected this price discrepancy during an investigation last September in Seattle. The grocery app Instacart used an artificial intelligence-powered algorithm that charged customers differently for each item by as much as…
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by Chris Walker | Feb 17, 2026 | AI, AI surveillance, Flock Security, News, Ring, Ring cameras, Ring doorbell, Surveillance Technology
Ring, the doorbell and security systems company owned by Amazon, announced last week it was canceling its partnership with surveillance company Flock Security following immense backlash to a Super Bowl commercial touting its artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The integration with Flock was first announced in October. Ring released a statement on February 12 stating that the planned…
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