{"id":148838,"date":"2025-10-07T11:44:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T09:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=148838"},"modified":"2025-10-07T11:45:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T09:45:00","slug":"ai-price-gouging-corporate-greed-is-out-of-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=148838","title":{"rendered":"AI Price Gouging: Corporate Greed Is Out of Control"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cyMWig4AR4k?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Corporations are &#8220;enhancing their pricing strategy&#8221; by combining AI with dynamic pricing. Delta, Walmart, Kroger, Wendy&#8217;s and other major corporations are using artificial intelligence to set prices based on data they&#8217;ve collected from you, effectively price gouging each of us on an individual basis. From Delta&#8217;s &#8220;full reengineering&#8221; of airline pricing to Kroger&#8217;s pilot program with facial recognition displays, the evidence is disturbing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corporations are &#8220;enhancing their pricing strategy&#8221; by combining AI with dynamic pricing. Delta, Walmart, Kroger, Wendy&#8217;s and other major corporations are using artificial intelligence to set prices based on data they&#8217;ve collected from you, effectively price gouging each of us on an individual basis. From Delta&#8217;s &#8220;full reengineering&#8221; of airline pricing to Kroger&#8217;s pilot program [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":148840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[193],"tags":[3544,3941],"class_list":["post-148838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos","tag-ai","tag-corporate-greed"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ai-price-gouging-corporate-greed.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":144123,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=144123","url_meta":{"origin":148838,"position":0},"title":"When Profit Becomes Parasite: Corporate Greed in Healthcare Systems Across the U.S. and Europe","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"10\/12\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/51BPC4DPVdA?si=dQjd6GHp71bLE5N- The shocking arrest of Luigi Mangione, a privileged Ivy League graduate, for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has sparked outrage and reflection. 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