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Walmart denies using personal data for individualized pricing
Original: Walmart says retail giant and AI shopping assistant aren't using personal information to set prices
Walmart says neither the company nor its AI shopping assistant uses customers' personal information to set prices, pushing back on concerns about personalized or surveillance-based pricing at the retail giant. The statement comes amid growing scrutiny of how retailers deploy AI tools and shopper data. It remains unclear whether regulators or consumer groups are investigating the practice.
Why now: Consumers are increasingly worried that AI shopping tools and retailers use personal data to charge different customers different prices.
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- Walmart says retail giant and AI shopping assistant aren't using personal information to set prices · Fortune
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