1. United States
2. Ga.
3. Letter

HR 887 is a good start, but the GAO study it mandates needs to explicitly examine how grocery chains are using AI-driven dynamic pricing to charge different customers different prices for the same items — and Congress needs to act on what it finds. Retailers are already deploying algorithmic pricing tools that can vary the cost of groceries based on a shopper's location, purchase history, or digital profile. That's not market competition — it's price discrimination dressed up in software. A 20-year look at CPI data won't mean much if the report ignores the technology actively distorting prices right now. The study's scope should be broadened to include AI and algorithmic pricing practices, and the resulting recommendations should include concrete options to ban or restrict their use in grocery retail. Families are already stretched thin by years of food inflation. The last thing they need is a hidden algorithm deciding they should pay more than their neighbor for the same box of cereal.