AI Dynamic Pricing Hits Groceries, Fast Food as Data Risks Rise

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorStory one. The Tech Buzz says grocery stores and fast-food chains are using AI to change prices on the fly.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOn the fly?

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorDynamic pricing. What you pay can shift, and there are data privacy worries too, since it runs on your information.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo my weekend plan is to shop like a spy. Different aisle, different hat, and a very casual walk.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'd bring a notebook. I'd write down the price of the oat milk at nine, nine fifteen, nine thirty.

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   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistAnd the oat milk would know.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOh, it knows.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorStory two. Allrecipes ranks six fast food chains with the biggest portions. Big, big meals.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSix! My plan is to try all six by Sunday night. I will need a wheelbarrow.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'd split one with a friend. And then eat the friend's half.

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    Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistRight, forecast. Treat this as an operation. New York, rain tomorrow, high seventy, low fifty-seven, forty-two percent chance.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOperation Umbrella!

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    Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistChicago, cloudy, high eighty-six, nine percent. Miami, rain, high eighty-eight, thirty percent. Los Angeles, rain, high sixty-four, sixty-five percent.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRain in Los Angeles is just the sky watering the plans.

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    Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistIt's a sixty-five percent chance of soggy, Vera. Don't heal it.