IT Home reported on October 3, citing PC Gamer, that Reddit user FurinaDeFontaine wrote that after checking out of an Airbnb the host generated an artificial-intelligence photo of an alleged toilet leak and demanded a $1,700 repair payment. IT Home added a renminbi conversion after the dollar figure. That is the site’s own exchange-rate note, so it is left out here. The user said the host belonged to a larger short-term rental company in Australia. That is the user’s account. The article does not name the company.

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A blank pale print with umber dots in both lower corners, and a separate gray square to the right.
Dots sit in both lower corners, and the square beside the print is not attached. That is a mark left in the picture, and a claim that did not stick. An illustration, not the repair photo., AI-generated illustration, not a news photograph

The doubt the user described was about the floor: there is another story under the bathroom. Several inches of water, the user argued, should have flooded that lower floor. The user then examined the photo with Google Gemini, found a Google SynthID watermark, and concluded that Gemini had generated the photo. The article does not describe a detection procedure, and none is added here.

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The user contacted Airbnb support. Support found the host’s claim ineligible and penalized the host account. The article presents the episode as an example and suggests photographing a room before leaving. That suggestion is the article’s. What this account actually fixes is one user, one $1,700 claim, one SynthID watermark, and the support decision. It is not a rate.

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要点

  • One Reddit user said a host demanded $1,700 after checkout using a generated photo. The renminbi note is left out.
  • The user found a SynthID watermark with Gemini and concluded Gemini had made the photo.
  • Airbnb support found the claim ineligible and penalized the host account. This is one account, not a rate.