Why Instacart Backtracked on an AI-Pricing Experiment
Dec 23, 2025 · This month, the think-tank the Groundwork Collaborative, Consumer Reports and the news nonprofit More Perfect Union released a report finding that Instacart had been using …
Instacart Reportedly Using Secret AI-Powered Dynamic Pricing
Dec 9, 2025 · A new investigation has revealed that grocery delivery service Instacart is using a covert, AI-powered dynamic pricing scheme to charge customers different prices for the same …
Instacart is charging different prices to different customers in a ...
Dec 13, 2025 · The grocery delivery service Instacart is using artificial intelligence to experiment with prices and charge some shoppers more than others for the same items, a new study found.
Massive report discovers Instacart charges different prices at the …
A huge report from Consumer Reports, Groundwork Collaborative and More Perfect Union has revealed that pricing experiments by Instacart could be inflating or reducing grocery prices for...
Instacart Caught Using AI to Charge Wildly Different Prices for the ...
Dec 12, 2025 · New research shows a country-wide experiment by Instacart has been charging shoppers different prices for the same product at the same store.
Shoppers discover Instacart is charging them different prices for …
Dec 10, 2025 · Almost 75 percent of grocery items in the experiment, conducted by Groundwork Collaborative, Consumer Reports, and More Perfect Union, were offered to shoppers at …
Instacart uses AI pricing experiments creating price differences
Dec 12, 2025 · Instacart is using AI-enabled pricing experiments that are substantially raising the prices of identical products for different customers, according to an investigation by Consumer …
Instacart AI Pricing Shows Different Prices Same Items
Dec 9, 2025 · Instacart has been charging customers different prices for the same items despite products being picked from identical store locations, according to a comprehensive …
Instacart’s AI-enabled pricing experiments may be inflating …
Dec 9, 2025 · A new Consumer Reports investigation found that the company has been running AI-assisted pricing experiments across several major grocery chains, and in some cases, the …
Instacart Ends AI-Driven Price Experiments After Criticism
Dec 22, 2025 · Instacart acknowledged dissatisfaction over the practice in a blog post on Monday, saying it was immediately ending all item price tests on the platform.