Jack Crivici-Kramer

Or don't drop it, because we don't want an unlucky result from, like, the Spotify algos.

In the meantime, Jack, let's hit our six, seven stories.

For our first story, Instacart just got caught using AI to charge different prices for different people, a.k.a.

personalized pricing.

How much does a dozen eggs cost on Instacart?

Well, that depends on what their AI thinks of you.

Are you an investment banker or an intern?

You're going to pay different for those eggs.

Yeah.

Yetis, let's just kick it off.

T-boy style bombshell headline from Consumer Reports published this week.

It's like Wall Street Journal meets page six of the New York Post.

Here's the headline.

Instacart's AI-enabled pricing experiments may be inflating your grocery bill.

Get this, nine reporters at Consumer Reports and a nonprofit news organization and a think tank outed Instacart.

With this investigation, do grocery prices change depending on who's using the app?

Am I getting charged $5 for Doritos, but my buddy Timmy's getting charged $6?

Maybe, Nick.

Maybe.

Because in this investigation, Consumer Reports got 437 volunteers and asked them to buy the same 20 things on Instacart.