Study: Claude, ChatGPT Offer Different Shopping Prices Based on Wealth

Re:Study: Claude, ChatGPT Offer Different Shopping Prices Ba... by llbbdd on Thursday October 08, 2026 @03:30AM (#50002841)

Your 20-50 cent customer does the same thing but prices it for Gates at 140,000. Rinse and repeat and Gates ends up paying 20-50 cents for a banana from somebody that isn't you.

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Re:Study: Claude, ChatGPT Offer Different Shopping Prices Ba... by kelseyfrog on Thursday October 08, 2026 @02:31PM (#50009942)

I'm talking about forming a cartel.

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Re:Study: Claude, ChatGPT Offer Different Shopping Prices Ba... by darkwizard42 on Friday October 09, 2026 @05:01AM (#50017933)

What would stop Bill Gates from spending $150K+ on just growing his own bananas and then selling them for a market clearing price at modest profit and therefore putting your banana pricing scheme out of business?

This is a wholly unrealistic way to do business lol.

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Re:Study: Claude, ChatGPT Offer Different Shopping Prices Ba... by kelseyfrog on Friday October 09, 2026 @11:35AM (#50022048)

Cartels routinely block competitors. That's kinda their jam. Not a problem.

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