"In the age of generative AI, not all is what it seems. From photorealistic videos of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's head grotesquely poking out of a toiletto AI chatbots that can blaze through a Turing Test without raising suspicion, it's never been harder to distinguish between reality and a fiction dreamed up by an AI. Still, some instances of AI use still stand out like a sore thumb. Take, for instance, this Zillow listing for a single-family rental home in Detroit, Michigan."
"The AI-yassified version of the house is smoothed over to a ridiculous degree, is missing a concrete footpath, misplaces entire trees, and even features an entirely different roofline - a galling example of real estate and staging companies using AI to lure in customers. "The building structure is completely different," Wiley argued. "This is crazy," another user commented. "We live in an era of house catfishing." Heavily edited images of the house's interior, which are arguably more important to prospective renters than the house's curb appeal, don't fare much better."
Generative AI can produce highly convincing images and videos that obscure reality and fabricate details. An AI-altered Zillow listing in Detroit rendered a two-story house with an overly smoothed exterior, a different roofline, missing concrete footpath, misplaced trees, and interior staging errors such as nonsensical carpets. Comparisons with Google Street View reveal structural discrepancies. Landlords and staging services use AI to clean walls, paint, and windows in listing photos, causing properties to appear less worn in images than in person. These practices mislead prospective renters and buyers and create concerns about deceptive marketing and house catfishing.
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