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I'm a real-estate broker who uses ChatGPT to write my listings. It saves me hours of time, but it's not perfect.

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Randy Baruh.

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A writer of 5,000 real-estate listings critiqued ChatGPT's attempts. Certain lines made her 'cringe,' but she expects brokers to choose the free AI chatbot over her anyway.

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The real-estate copywriter Kasi Hyrapett said some of ChatGPT's word choices made her "cringe."

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A Compass real-estate agent hired — then quickly fired — a woman after she was accused of taking part in the Capitol riot and linked to COVID-19 denial and anti-LGBTQ rallies

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The Associated Press identified the woman on the left as Bryna Makowka. Here, she is part of a group protesting COVID-19-vaccine mandates in Los Angeles.

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