• News
    • Tech News
    • AI
  • Gadgets
    • Apple
    • iPhone
  • Gaming
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
  • Science
    • News
    • Space
  • Streaming
    • Netflix
  • Vehicles
    • Car News
  • Social Media
    • WhatsApp
    • YouTube
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
TikTok
Snapchat
WhatsApp
Submit Your Content
Airbnb is using AI to block New Year’s Eve party bookings

Home> News> AI

Published 10:45 26 Dec 2023 GMT

Airbnb is using AI to block New Year’s Eve party bookings

Machine learning will decide whether you're planning an illicit rager.

Prudence Wade

Prudence Wade

Christmas is over, meaning it's now time to really start considering what you're going to do for New Year's Eve.

A weekend away and a party with a whole bunch of your friends is definitely one of the most enticing options - but throwing a rager at an Airbnb property might not be on the cards, if AI has anything to do with it.

That's because Airbnb is using AI to clamp down on potentially disruptive or unauthorized New Year's Eve parties.

Pictured: a NYE party that's definitely not been held in an Airbnb.
Flashpop / Getty

Advert

Back in 2020, the booking platform first brought in a temporary ban on parties - and it was so popular with hosts that Airbnb later made it permanent.

And this year won't be the first time it's used anti-party measures around NYE - the company revealed around 13,200 people were blocked from booking on the site in the UK for that time last year.

Now, Airbnb has said it's using AI and machine learning tech in the UK and several other countries, analyzing hundreds of signals that could suggests a booking is a higher risk for throwing a party.

So what might indicate that you're a potential rule-breaker and are planning a NYE party?

Advert

Signs apparently include the duration of a stay, how far the listing is from a user’s location, the type of listing and if the booking is being made at the last minute.

Airbnb said the enhanced restrictions would block certain one to three night reservations for entire homes if it was identified by its systems as being potentially higher risk for a party incident.

Airbnb first instated its party ban in 2020.
Anadolu / Contributor / Getty

And the ramifications are pretty big, particularly if you regularly use the platform.

Advert

Guests making local reservations will be required to confirm they understand that Airbnb bans parties before booking and that breaching this rule could mean suspension or removal from the platform.

Naba Banerjee, head of trust and safety at Airbnb, said: “When it comes to how we use technology like AI, we’re focused on taking a thoughtful approach that aims to benefit hosts, guests and neighborhoods.

“We’re optimistic these measures will help have a positive impact on the communities we serve.”

The firm said that since first introducing party prevention measures for New Year’s Eve in 2020, it had seen a 73% reduction in the rate of party reports made to them in the UK.

Advert

So if you are planning a get together with all your friends, it looks like you might want to host at home - or risk losing your Airbnb privileges for good.

Featured Image Credit: NurPhoto / Contributor / wilpunt / Getty
Airbnb
AI

Advert

Advert

Advert

  • AI is willing to kill humans to avoid shutdown as chilling new report identifies 'malicious' behaviour
  • AI makes chilling prediction for future of US politics if Elon Musk were to successfully launch the 'America Party'
  • $270,000,000 world-leading supercomputer using AI to develop new vaccines
  • WhatsApp users outraged as latest AI update sets out to ruin group chats

Choose your content:

6 hours ago
7 hours ago
  • 6 hours ago

    US deals with security breach as AI scammer impersonates Secretary of State Marco Rubio to foreign ministers

    The scammer was sending AI-generated voicemails

    News
  • 6 hours ago

    Investor who sold revolutionary tech for 300 Bitcoin is worth a small fortune decade later

    He's been all in on Bitcoin since he was 12

    News
  • 7 hours ago

    Tragic story of once bustling California town left 90% destroyed by one small piece of metal

    The fire tragically claimed the lives of 85 people

    News
  • 7 hours ago

    Man branded 'dishonest and deceitful' fired after company discovered he was faking over 100 hours of work at home

    A warning to others who think they can slack off when working from home

    News