Airbnb guest says host used AI-generated images in false $9,000 damages claim

WTF?! One of the many fears about AI use becoming widespread is that people can now alter images – sometimes convincingly – without any technical skills. An example of this surfaced recently when an Airbnb guest said a host manipulated photos in a false £12,000 ($9,041) damage claim.

The incident took place earlier this year when a London-based woman booked a one-bedroom apartment in New York's Manhattan for two-and-a-half months while she was studying, reports The Guardian. She decided to leave the apartment early because she felt unsafe in the area.

Not long after she left, the host told Airbnb that the woman had caused thousands of dollars in damage to his apartment, including a cracked coffee table, mattress stained with urine, and a damaged robot vacuum cleaner, sofa, microwave, TV, and air conditioner.

The woman denied the claim and said she had only two guests during the seven ...