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Maryland Governor Wes Moore on dynamic pricing, data centers, and how he uses AI.

From American Public Media, this is Marketplace Tech.

I'm Stephanie Hughes.

Earlier this week, I went from my home in Baltimore to Maryland's capital, Annapolis, to the State House for a conversation with Maryland's Democratic governor, West Moore.

It's gorgeous out there, even though I've, like, haven't been outside all day today.

We talked a little weather, a little baseball, and then we got down to it, a conversation about technology.

Starting with dynamic pricing.

This is when a store offers one shopper, one price for an item, and another shopper a different price.

That price can depend on the weather, as well as the time of day, and what the store knows about each shopper.

This spring, Maryland became the first state to ban this practice in grocery

stores. The law was proposed by Governor Moore, and I asked him why he wanted it.

Because we're seeing how, you know, average Marylanders were just getting hosed by these big

corporations. And because what they were using is they're using your data against you. When I

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