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PBS Newshour

How companies are using AI to make you spend more money

Season 2026 Episode 230 | 9m 12s

Companies have always tried to maximize profits, but now there are a host of sophisticated tools to determine the prices of the goods and services they sell. At a time when so many Americans are frustrated with rising costs, those tools are under greater scrutiny. Economics correspondent Paul Solman explains how that technology is transforming the prices we pay.

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