Subj : ChatGPT gets a new feature  but would you trust AI to help you bu
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Date : Wed May 03 2023 17:00:03

ChatGPT gets a new feature  but would you trust AI to help you buy a house?

Date:
Wed, 03 May 2023 15:46:05 +0000

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A three-bedroom house? In an up-and-coming area? With an open house this 
weekend? Step this way

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 ChatGPT just got another string to its bow, with the AI now having a fresh 
piece of functionality to help users find and buy  or rent  a house. 

As The Independent reports, the ability comes courtesy of real-estate firm 
Zillow which has released a plug-in for ChatGPT to assist in the search for a 
house. Find your next home with a simple conversation.Check out how the new 
Zillow plugin for #ChatGPT can help you on your homebuying journey.  
pic.twitter.com/qZuDo3dODc May 3, 2023 See more 

You can see a sample run with the plug-in in the announcement tweet above, 
but the basic idea is to let ChatGPT know some initial parameters  location, 
number of bedrooms and bathrooms, budget, and anything else you can think of. 

Its then possible to refine the results, adding further queries just as youd 
normally interact with the AI, and even get ChatGPT to recommend places 
having an open house during the coming weekend, as seen in the above example. 
The AI is, of course, pulling all this info directly from Zillows database of 
properties for sale and rent. 

Thats all you can do right now  just the basics  with the Zillow plug-in not 
going as far as to allow you to contact a real estate agent and book a 
viewing, for example. 

The Zillow plug-in is out now for ChatGPT, but its only available to some 
users (as of yesterday), with a broader rollout coming in time. Analysis: 
Cause for concern? 

The obvious issue with bringing an AI into the world of shopping for a house 
is that this is a huge decision to make  and inevitably a very stressful 
time. (As those surveys on lifes toughest moments always point out  it may 
not be the worst, by any means, but moving house is definitely up there, 
especially when things go wrong). 

At any rate, AIs are known to make mistakes, particularly in this early phase 
of their existence  ChatGPT has only been around for half a year, after all, 
and Bing AI (which is powered by ChatGPT) dropped some pretty notable 
clangers early doors . And clearly, what you dont need is an error cropping 
up in your house search, and missing out on something because you trusted the 
AI and it messed up somewhere. 

Granted, given that the Zillow plug-in is simply pulling from the companys 
property database, the scope for errors should be limited right now  but its 
still there. And thats doubtless why the rollout of this ChatGPT feature is 
being taken slowly, so Zillow can gather feedback and perform fine-tuning as 
it goes along. 

Were just going to have to get used to AI popping up in every industry and 
corner of life, because its very much flavor of the year, and therell 
doubtless be a lot more AI tendrils set to creep into all areas of our 
existence as 2023 rolls on.



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/news/chatgpt-gets-a-new-feature-but-would-you-trust-
ai-to-help-you-buy-a-house


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