McDonald’s Sued Over Alleged AI-Driven Price Fixing Across Franchises
A federal lawsuit alleges the fast-food chain used machine learning to coordinate prices with independent franchisees, violating antitrust laws.
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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 6 Oct 2026. Quartz published first, on 6 October at 14:00 UTC; The Guardian US followed 20h 59m later. The most recent article, from The Guardian US, appeared on 7 October at 11:00 UTC.
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