ChatGPT expands daily use and reshapes rental market

OpenAI has added new functions to its ChatGPT app, including a pronunciation guide, real‑time sports updates and improved handling of sensitive queries. Analysts say the moves shift competition from pure model performance to building daily habits, aiming to make the service a personal operating system for millions of users.

Real‑estate agents report that tenants are now using ChatGPT to draft rental applications, flooding the market with uniformly polished letters. The surge of AI‑generated requests is perceived by landlords as heightened demand, prompting concerns that rent prices could rise. Agents say they must now rely more on financial documentation and credit history because the narrative cues once provided by applicants’ writing have vanished.