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This bill, called the Stop AI Price Gouging and Wage Fixing Act of 2025, aims to prohibit companies from using algorithmic decision systems (automated systems powered by artificial intelligence or machine learning) to set individualized prices or wages based on surveillance data about consumers or workers. The bill establishes two main prohibitions: first, against surveillance-based price setting, where companies cannot use personal information to customize prices for specific individuals, with some exceptions like group discounts for teachers or veterans; and second, against surveillance-based wage setting, where companies cannot use personal data to determine individual worker compensation. For both price and wage setting, companies must publicly disclose their procedures, ensure data accuracy, and provide ways for consumers and workers to challenge the data used. The bill allows enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general, and creates a private right of action for individuals to sue for damages up to $3,000 per violation. The legislation also preserves collective bargaining rights and allows states to implement additional protections. Importantly, the bill defines surveillance data broadly, including any information gathered about an individual through observation, inference, or direct collection, and covers both immutable characteristics like race and mutable characteristics like address or family status.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4640/all-info