Instacart ends AI-driven price experiments after criticism


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Dec 22 (Reuters) - ‌Instacart is ending price tests that resulted in different ‌shoppers being shown different prices for groceries, the online ‌retail platform said on Monday after criticism of its artificial intelligence-driven pricing tool.

The company faced an outcry after a study by Consumer Reports and two other ‍nonprofits showed some shoppers saw prices up ‍to 23% higher than others ‌browsing the same grocery items from the same store at the ‍same ​time.

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