Airbnb introduces trait analyser software for guests’ compatibility
US: Airbnb has introduced its latest technology that it believes can search the Internet to estimate the likelihood that a potential guest will damage a host’s home. A Daily Mail story has reported on the company’s ‘trait analyser’ software that will employ artificial intelligence [AI] to identify people ‘associated’ with drugs or alcohol, hate websites […]
Developer sues Airbnb for £723,000 after property gatecrashing
UK: According to a report in The Sun newspaper, a property developer is suing Airbnb for £723,000 after 500 partygoers descended on his Chelsea mansion even though his property was only listed on Airbnb for a family of four. Michael Harold, 67, has brought forward a case against the short-term rental platform at the High […]