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Caught a deepfake of my own listing video last week
I manage rentals over in Phoenix and last week I got a call from a tenant saying the apartment they toured online looked nothing like the photos. I checked the listing and sure enough the video showed a totally different kitchen layout - granite counters and new cabinets where we had old laminate. Someone had deepfaked the video to make the place look nicer. I had to pull the ad down and call the real estate agent who posted it. Turns out he used an AI tool to 'upgrade' the finishes without telling anyone. We had a heated conversation and now I'm checking every property video before it goes live. Has anyone else run into fake listing content like this?
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emeryj664mo ago
Hold on a second. I get why you're upset, but I see this differently. That real estate agent might have thought he was just showing what the place could look like after renovations, not trying to trick anyone. We used to do this with paint and lighting filters on photos back in the 2000s, and nobody called it a deepfake. The real problem is that he didn't label it or tell you first, not that he used the tool itself.
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cameronp474mo ago
Man it's wild how fast we jump to call everything a deepfake these days. We've been editing photos and videos for years but suddenly everyone acts like it's some brand new evil. It's the same as when people started yelling about photoshop ruining photography back in the day, just with a scarier name now.
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