During the press conference he finished with a light joke that was something like “after all it’s meant to be Street Easy not Street Hard”. I assumed that was an app, your post unintentionally closed the loop for me!

Agree AI modified listing make no sense to allow; regulation here is making up for platform failure.

I tried searching for Flatbush on streeteasy.com and typing “Fla” into the neighborhood typeahead gave me:

  Chelsea
  [blank]
  Flatiron
  Murray Hill
  Flatbush

  Chelsea
  Chelsea
  Chelsea
  Murray Hill

Apartment hunting is an unpleasant chore I haven’t had to do since 2022. It hadn’t even occurred to me that AI slop would be the norm. I really have lived to see man-made horrors beyond my comprehension.