A Victorian real estate agent has been blasted online for making the rookie mistake of publishing ChatGPT responses in a $900-a-week rental property ad.
Sky News Australia presenters have labelled Sydney’s housing crisis “unsolvable” as rising prices force more people to flock to other states.
Andrew Clennell and Laura Jayes expressed concern about the lack of available land to build more houses in the city.
“It sounds there will be a bit of an exodus from Sydney really, a bit of a brain drain,” Mr Clennell said.
Ms Jayes labelled housing as the “number one, two and three issue”.
“This government is going to have to pivot at some point and the next election is going to be all about the economy and housing,” she said.
The real estate agent for Maximum List seemed to copy and past the entire conversation with the chat bot instead of just the intended response for a rental property going for $900 a week.
The listing has since been revised.
While the listing was for the address 17 Sunburst Avenue, Balwyn North, Victoria, the property description was for another property 50 kilometres away in Manor Lakes.
The real estate agent for Maximum List seemed to copy and past the entire conversation with the chat bot instead of just the intended response. Picture: Domain
As the description touted a “sun-drenched double-storey” property “nestled gracefully” in the “prestigious Balwyn High School zone”, it abruptly ended and continued with the awkward phrase: “Please help me rewrite a rental advertisement…”
Nestled between the two descriptions for separate properties, the real estate agent listed a few of the amenities she provided ChatGPT with to churn out its response, ending the list with “alfresco, etc.”
A property feature generated by the chatbot promised a “modern kitchen equipped with sleek appliances,” however, the photos attached to the listing painted a different story.
An X user exposed the rookie mistake on X, captioning the post with “they’re now so lazy they’re resorting to chat gpt”.
The listing has since been revised. Picture: Domain
The post was reshared by Jordie Van den Berg, a popular rental commentator, who said it was “f**king hilarious”. The original user who posted the link to the listing replied: “knew you’d love it”.
A user responding to the post wrote: “At least they said please”.
“Amazing. They don’t even list the features for ChatGPT to describe. Just make it up AI. Go for glory,” another user commented.
“I don’t know what’s sadder the fact she used ChatGPT to write something so simple or the fact she couldn’t do it herself,” said a third.
eToro Market Analyst Josh Gilbert says 2023 was the “year of AI” as it helped drive the share price of many tech companies.
“Ultimately, it was what investors really turned to last year, but now we are really starting to see that come through in companies’ bottom lines,” Mr Gilbert told Sky News Australia.
“Microsoft overnight, sort of, really started to show that their early investments into AI – into the likes of ChatGPT, pioneered by OpenAI – is really paying off.”
Microsoft posted a 33 per cent increase in net income and $62 billion in revenue made for the second quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results.
“What it’s showing us is that AI isn’t just a passing fad, but really, it’s a revolutionary technology that is making these companies some serious cash,” Mr Gilbert said.
In July last year, ChatGPT revealed a list of jobs which were most and least at risk of AI in Australia.
Data entry clerks were flagged as most at risk while real estate agents ranked ninth with the chatbot explaining the online platforms used would allow AI software to “change” how real estate transactions were conducted.
The property listing was updated on Wednesday morning and remains available for leasing.
The property in Manor Lakes also appears to have a more detailed list of features with an alfresco, two-car garage and convenient shopping options.
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