California recently added new laws regarding AI in real estate. I think lighting corrections and cropping is allowed but other digitally altered images should include a link to the original.

https://lewisbrisbois.com/insights/clientalerts/new-californ...

https://dre.ca.gov/Licensees/Advisories/Advisory_2026_03_17_...

Why should that be illegal? It’s multiplying the productivity of our economy, instead of someone having to waste time and money making the apartment actually look like that, you can just generate an image of it, that’s massive productivity boost with no harm done to the final product, unless the tenant cares about the slippage between a generated image of an apartment that looks nice and an apartment that’s actually nice.

And plus thats time the real estate agent could have spent prompting claude to cure cancer so its a double win

Wouldn't that fall under existing false advertising laws, if you're putting fake/altered images in the listing?

It seems the solution could be quite simple.

Basically you buy/rent whatever was advertised, and if reality doesn't match, welp thats a defect the seller/landlord must fix at their own expense.

Room shows a vent but in reality there isn't one? Well, the seller has to install it or cover the costs of what an installation would cost.