Her Senate Bill 259 would prevent retailers from
using artificial intelligence tojack up prices using the information stored on customers’ phones.No. The bill doesn’t say anything about AI. This is shitty journalism.
Obviously, companies shouldn’t be allowed to blackmail consumers like this, but they don’t need AI to do it, and the bill has nothing to do with AI. The only person talking about AI here is the alleged “journalist” that just threw that part in for funsies.
Lyft and Uber shouldn’t charge more if the phone’s battery is low. But so many people have portable chargers, so low battery doesn’t necessarily mean desperation.
Phone operating systems shouldn’t be providing that data to apps wtaf
That was my first thought
Phone OS sandboxes in general are just awful. Result of a duopoly I guess
Where do we order the consumer protections option?
