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A new lawsuit accuses a slew of gas station owners in California, including Walmart, Speedway and Albertsons, of using an AI tool developed by a company called Kalibrate to artificially inflate prices at the pump---causing prices to…

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A group of California consumers filed a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging that gas station operators including Walmart, Marathon Petroleum, BP and 7-Eleven used…

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By Bryan Koenig (June 22, 2026, 7:22 PM EDT) -- Consumers sought Monday to widen the campaign against alleged algorithmic price fixing, in a proposed class action ac…

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A group of California motorists has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging that several major fuel retailers and an energy pricing software provider used art…

A class-action filed in Sacramento federal court names BP, Marathon, 7-Eleven, Walmart and Albertsons, alleging their shared use of Kalibrate Fuel Systems' pricing algorithm inflated California gas prices by as much as 22 cents a gallon.

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Artificial intelligence is costing motorists in California more money at the gas pump, according to a new lawsuit.

The lawsuit claims companies in the state are using data collected by AI to manipulate gas prices. Companies mentioned in the…

Gasoline prices have soared nationwide since the U.S. launched a war on Iran, but they remain far higher in California than other states, a dollar or more per gallon. And one reason they're not falling, according to a newly filed lawsuit, i…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) --- Three Californians filed a class action over what they call an artificial intelligence-based pricing system that has wrung more money out of drivers in a time of explosive gas prices.

The plaintiffs sued Knowledg…

California drivers have filed a proposed class action against BP, Marathon, Walmart, and other major gas station operators, alleging they used an artificial intelligence pricing tool to fix pump prices across the state, according to Reuters…

Californians pay the highest gas prices in the U.S., and a proposed class action says that the issue has been exacerbated by an AI tool that smartly squeezes customers for the best profits. A newly filed lawsuit at the Sacramento, ​Californ…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. --- Gas station operators including bp, Circle K, Marathon Petroleum, 7-Eleven, Walmart and Albertsons face a proposed class action lawsuit from California drivers accusing them of using AI to boost fuel prices.

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Three California residents are suing a fuel pricing company and several gas station operators, alleging that they use artificial intelligence-based pricing systems to raise gasoline prices in an uncompetitive manner. 

"Californians are bein…

California is famous for plenty of things, but few grate quite like its fuel prices, which already rank among the steepest in the nation. As of today, regular runs $5.56, mid-grade $5.788, and premium $5.95. Now a group of residents claims …

A new federal lawsuit alleges that gas station companies across California are engaged in an illegal conspiracy, powered by AI software, to raise prices.

The class action lawsuit claims the corporate owners of over 1,700 California gas stat…

AI-powered software has allowed gas station operators across California to illegally collude and drive up prices at the pump, according to a federal lawsuit.

The proposed class action lawsuit, filed Monday, accuses gas station giants includ…

Gas station operators in California are being accused of colluding to keep fuel prices artificially high. The alleged culprit? A piece of software that uses AI to collect and compare non-public pricing and sales figures from participating s…

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• Several California residents have sued 7-Eleven, Circle K, BP and other retailers for allegedly using an AI-powered fuel pricing algorithm to increase gas prices in the state, according to a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District C…

Gas station operators across California used an AI-powered software system to illegally coordinate pricing and drive up fuel costs, according to a federal lawsuit filed Monday.

Driving the news: The proposed class-action suit accuses major …

The proposed class argues that California's fuel prices are high due to an illegal algorithmic price-fixing scheme orchestrated by an algorithmic pricing company and the largest fuel retailers.

AI software used by gas stations across Califo…

Three California residents filed a federal class action lawsuit on June 22, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California against Knowledge Support Systems, d/b/a Kalibrate, along with 14 of the largest gas station…