Man's AI housing prank to "make boomers start panicking"
Plus: Burger King's dystopian AI will monitor employees.
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Here are the latest trending internet culture stories today:
A controversial stunt is bringing up all sorts of feelings all over the internet: a guy is causing the older generations to lose their minds by having his AI bots make fake offers on their homes.
The frontman for Imagine Dragons explained his absence from music: he’s been developing a capture-the-flag-style video game.
I really feel for Burger King employees, who will be subjected to an AI program that ensures they say please and thank you…
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— W.J.
⚡️ Today in Internet Culture
Boomers melt down after man uses AI to send 70% lowball offers to Tampa homes
An X user claimed that he programmed his AI assistant to automatically send 70% below-asking offers to hundreds of Tampa home listings.
The stunt, which was framed as a way to make “boomers start panicking,” drew hundreds of angry responses from sellers and a flood of online commentary about generational wealth and housing affordability. It showed an update from AI personal assistant Openclaw, which Daniel had asked to contact Zillow listings in Tampa, Florida, and offer them at approximately 70% of their asking price.
“Weirdly unique”: Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds spent years turning Capture the Flag into a new video game
Imagine Dragons’ frontman recently revealed a shift from making music to making video games. Dan Reynolds announced Last Flag, a multiplayer video game inspired by Capture the Flag, through his studio Night Street Games. The studio, which Reynolds founded with his brother Mac in 2021, revealed the project as its first official title.
“Dystopian nightmare”: Burger King rolls out AI that tracks whether workers sound “friendly” enough
Burger King is trying out a new way to “optimize” its employees’ work by monitoring their conversations with customers via an AI chatbot. The system, called “Patty,” will monitor how “friendly” the employees are based on how frequently they use the company’s approved language, including saying “please” and “thank you.”
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