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A woman successfully used ChatGPT to encourage her landlord to fix a washer and dryer that had been out of order for over two years.
The washing machine of a New York City apartment was fixed soon after 28-year-old Svetlana sent a legally charged chatbot letter to her landlord.
Svetlana, who did not wish to reveal her last name, claimed the bot was 'super-smart' after quoting specific sections of New York rent law to back its case.
She said: 'That's the beauty of ChatGPT; the ability to collaborate, bounce ideas, put thoughts into a cohesive piece of writing.
'It's like a super-smart, objective, real-time sounding board.'
Svetlana, 28, successfully used ChatGPT to write her landlord a legally charged letter
Artificial intelligence bots have also been used in the UK to assist with other legal battles
The New York resident first had qualms with her landlord after receiving a rent increase notice of 0.4 per cent, from $1,389 to $1,395 (£1116 to £1121).
The notice came just days after she had filed for a rent decrease, with her washer and dryer out of order for more than two years.
Having written numerous complaints about these machines before, Svetlana asked the AI chatbot to act like a housing lawyer and draft an email opposing the rise.
This attempt was successful, with the landlord then fixing these appliances that same month.
'The rent increase alone was not my gripe,' Svetlana said.
'It was the audacity to increase the rent, seemingly in retaliation after I filed a complaint and request for a rent decrease on the basis of decreased building-wide services.'
ChatGPT took into account sections of the New York rent stabilisation code and posited that the rent increase was retaliatory, as she had recently filed a request for a decrease.
This was prompted by Svetlana's request for it to
