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Hosts: James & Maya In this episode: • Welcome to the Pivot 5 daily briefing. Hi, I'm James. We're tracing a line from your local burger counter to a sealed courtroom ruling that could resh... • Hi, I'm Maya. Let's start with McDonald's, where Reuters found an AI pricing engine is widening the gap between what stores charge for the same food. • Reuters, whose reporting CNBC published, says the system estimates customer willingness to pay, store by store. The real story isn't the sticker price... • So franchisees aren't simply free agents anymore. The consequence is concrete. Two stores a few miles apart can now charge noticeably different prices... • And customers rarely see the logic behind the number on the board. From pricing to the lab bench, Maya. Subscribe to the newsletter at pivotnews.ai for the full written briefing.