Lyft driver caught blatantly using Gemini AI (with watermark) to fake damage to his car and charge riders extra for cleaning fees
https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/lyft-responds-after-driver-uses-ai-to-fake-damage-and-charge-riders-fees-3366551/
Lyft driver caught blatantly using Gemini AI (with watermark) to fake damage to his car and charge riders extra for cleaning fees
https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/lyft-responds-after-driver-uses-ai-to-fake-damage-and-charge-riders-fees-3366551/
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Lyft can get around that by requiring invoices from a detailer before charging clients.
It was fries and a Coke spilled. Big mess. Then the young girl spotted the watermark of Gemini AI in the corner of the pic. Driver got fired. It never happened. Best to photo any car you are leaving.
I think I saw the Lyft rider who was scammed make a post on reddit. Good to see the scammer getting called out.
Absolute scum behavior trying to steal from children.
Oh no, it’s the genie that came out of the bottle everyone with common sense warned society about, but bottom line was more important. Now the average person can fabricate video, pictures, and audio of anyone and anything with just some words. What could go wrong?
EDIT: Even with water marks, thats only going to stop a small segment of people for so long. There will be a work around like anything on the internet.
Another free point for Waymo.
All this bullshit just so the rich people can get a little richer.
Eventually (and I’m not even going to speculate on a time frame or which government) is going to get fed up enough with people trying this scam they’re going to put a regulation that will ban the automatic charging of any additional fines/fees/damages and require they be manually reviewed and “accepted” by the causer or appealed with the risk or a platform ban/actual litigation if the damage is severe enough and they refuse to pay.
That’s such an easy fix for Lyft, they could just run the photos to Google digital watermark verification tool (SynthID)
Ban that dude from all the ride share platforms. And refer the matter to authorities for wire fraud.
Wow this website is mad for ads.
He should face fraud charges
As someone who got forced into paying some bullshit repair fee for something that I didn’t break, and Lyft did absolutely nothing to investigate or fact check, this has the potential to really run things off the rails
This driver of mine had one of those seat belts that just don’t really retract back in. Idk what causes it, but we’ve all seen it on old cars. As I stepped out he turned and said “oh, careful!”. I was like “what?”, and he just vaguely gestured at the seat belt. Like how is me closing the door impacting that? I walked away.
10 minutes later I was getting charged for a damage fee for allegedly slamming the seat belt in the door. Lyft kept closing my support tickets without responding.
This man has Secretary of Transportation vibes!
This should be referred for criminal investigation. It’s a form of fraud and he should be charged. And lyft did the absolute bare minimum here. Shame on them.
Ive used a rideshare exactly twice in my life and even i know you take before and after pictures.
AI, or the mis-use of it rather, by disinginous people like this guy – are going to cause me to stop using all of these services that are supposed to make my life easier. I work in in tech and despise what AI is doing to end users and people in leadership roles.