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Uber, Lyft sell virtually identical rides at vastly different prices, offer fake discounts using AI-driven pricing: bombshell investigation
Uber and Lyft use AI-driven pricing to set different prices for similar rides and offer fake discounts, according to an investigation. The companies employ black-box algorithms to entice customers with misleading price variations.
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