Online consumers at risk from ‘intelligent’ price manipulation: Oxford and Imperial experts

Published on May 3, 2023

Sophisticated computer algorithms used to set prices in online marketplaces put consumers at risk of collusion among sellers, according to a study today [thurs] from computer scientists at the Oxford Internet Institute and Imperial College.
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