On June 22, 2026, California drivers filed a proposed class action in federal court in Sacramento against gas retailers including BP, Marathon Petroleum, 7-Eleven, Walmart, Circle K and Albertsons, along with pricing-software firm Kalibrate, alleging they used AI to coordinate and inflate gasoline prices. The complaint claims the companies, through the AI-based tool "Kalibrate Fuel Pricing," shared and analyzed competitors' pricing data to eliminate price competition, leaving consumers paying inflated prices (Reuters).
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