California Drivers: Gas Stations Coordinate Pricing With AI

( June 24, 2026, 12:15 PM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Californians face higher gas prices as a result of aggressive pricing that forgoes the usual competitive street-corner pricing model for a coordinated and automated artificial intelligence pricing system, plaintiffs in a proposed class action allege in a California unfair competition law (UCL) and Cartwright Act lawsuit filed in California federal court....