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have to hear this Kroger is rolling out
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digital price tags that could increase
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based on how much they think they could
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get you to pay I wish I was kidding
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Kroger the multi-billion Dollar Grocery
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conglomerate has recently begun
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Partnerships with Microsoft and the AI
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company intelligence node to create
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Technologies to Better Price gouge
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consumers like the big bad wolf of
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grocery stores all the better to price
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scou you with my dear together the
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companies created the electronic
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shelving label Edge a digital price tag
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that employees can change at the Press
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of a button what's the problem with that
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you ask if it's hot outside we can raise
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the price of water says grocery industry
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analyst but that's not even where it
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gets particularly alarming cameras are
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going to be placed outside these digital
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displays so when you go pick your Cal
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facial recognition software could be
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assessing your age and gender and
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determining how much you're willing to
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pay for that cereal based off of your
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demographics what makes this all worse
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is that Kroger is a grocery conglomerate
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Kroger is Fred Meyers Food For Less
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Ralph's QFC to name a few and if the
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merger with Albertson's goes through
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even more grocery stores will become
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Kroger meaning that this technology will
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be hurting thousands of people across
