François Fleuret: a landlord used ChatGPT to double someone's rent — legal battles will just burn tokens
francoisfleuret · x · 2026-09-22
Noted researcher François Fleuret offers a sober take on AI empowerment: a landlord found a way via ChatGPT to double the rent of someone in a dire situation. He predicts that on the legal front, both sides will burn tokens and end up right back where they started in the fight of good vs evil.
Related event: Meta's Top AI Scientist Mocks ChatGPT as a Landlord's Rent-Doubling Tool(2 posts)→
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