AI-Driven Rent Price Fixing Sparks DOJ Lawsuit Against Major Landlords

This case describes the actual use of an AI-based algorithmic pricing system in a coordinated anti-competitive scheme that has already caused economic harm to renters. Because the AI system’s deployment and misuse directly resulted in widespread harm, it qualifies as an AI Incident.

RealPage’s AI system is actively used (not just in testing) to recommend prices that facilitate illegal price coordination among landlords, resulting in concrete economic harm (higher rents) to renters. This meets the definition of an AI Incident, as the AI’s use has directly led to significant harm to communities.

RealPage’s property management software clearly uses algorithmic decision-making (price recommendation) that constitutes an AI system under OECD definitions. Its use directly facilitated anticompetitive collusion among landlords, leading to economic harm (higher rents) and a violation of market competition rights. This is therefore an AI Incident.

The case involves the misuse of an AI system (RealPage’s algorithm) in coordinating and fixing rent prices, which has directly led to economic harm for renters (higher rents and evictions) and breaches competition law. Since the AI’s use has caused real, material harm, this qualifies as an AI Incident.

The article describes a deployed AI system whose use has directly harmed consumers by enabling coordinated rent increases (a violation of the Sherman Act and an economic harm to renters amounting to $3.6 billion annually). The DOJ and multiple states have filed antitrust suits based on this AI’s behavior, demonstrating realized harm rather than a potential risk.

RealPage’s rent-setting algorithm is an AI system whose use is alleged to have directly led to widespread economic harm (inflated rents) and anticompetitive behavior. The lawsuit charges actual, ongoing harm caused by the AI-driven pricing tool’s role in coordinating landlord actions, fitting the definition of an AI Incident.

This event describes the actual use of an AI-powered pricing algorithm that directly facilitated anticompetitive collusion among landlords, violating antitrust laws and causing economic harm to renters. Because the algorithm’s use has led to realized harm under applicable law, it qualifies as an AI Incident.

The landlords’ use of an algorithm to calculate and synchronize rent increases, coupled with sharing sensitive pricing data to sustain elevated rents, constitutes deployment of an AI system whose outputs have directly led to economic harm (renters paying unaffordable rents). This meets the definition of an AI Incident.

The article details how an AI‐enabled system (RealPage’s pricing algorithm) was used by multiple landlords to coordinate rent prices, an act of anti-competitive collusion that has directly harmed renters by keeping rents higher than they would be under normal market competition. This is a realized harm (financial harm to tenants), so it qualifies as an AI Incident.

An AI pricing algorithm is central to the alleged scheme and has directly led to economic harm for tenants by recommending rents in coordination across competitors. This is a realized harm tied to the development and use of an AI system, qualifying it as an AI Incident.

The article describes a concrete misuse of an AI-based algorithm to set and maintain high rents (economic harm to individuals and communities) in violation of antitrust laws. The AI system’s deployment and the landlords’ coordinated use of its price recommendations directly led to harm, meeting the criteria for an AI Incident.

RealPage’s algorithm is an AI-style recommendation system that ingests unit occupancy and renewal data to set prices. Landlords’ misuse of this AI tool—coupled with data sharing—to fix rents constitutes direct involvement of an AI system that caused clear economic harm (higher rents, increased evictions) and violated competition laws. Because the harm has been realized and the AI system’s misuse is pivotal, this is an AI Incident.

RealPage’s algorithm qualifies as an AI system—it uses input data to recommend rental prices. Its deployment enabled collusion among landlords to inflate rents, causing demonstrable economic and social harm to millions of renters. This constitutes an AI Incident under the framework, as the AI system’s use has directly led to violations of competition laws and harm to individuals and communities.

RealPage’s AI pricing software has directly led to higher rents and anticompetitive price coordination among landlords, causing concrete financial harm to tenants and triggering DOJ antitrust actions and civil suits. This is a clear case of an AI system’s use resulting in actual, measurable harm to consumers.

This is an AI Incident because RealPage’s algorithmic pricing tools (an AI system) were actively used in a price‐fixing scheme that has already caused economic harm (inflated rents) to renters. The AI system’s use and misuse directly led to this antitrust violation and harm.

This is a follow-up to the DOJ’s first case on alleged algorithmic collusion (filed in August). The main focus is on adding more landlords and states to the existing lawsuit rather than describing a new AI incident or hazard. As such, it provides complementary information on an already reported AI­-related incident.

RealPage’s dynamic rent-setting algorithm is an AI system. According to the DOJ lawsuit, landlords shared data and used this algorithm to collude on higher rents, causing direct economic harm to renters. This misuse of an AI system resulting in tangible harm qualifies as an AI Incident.

The landlords relied on a RealPage algorithm that recommended rental prices, shared data on acceptance of those recommendations, and coordinated pricing decisions—an AI‐driven scheme that directly caused economic harm to millions of tenants. This misuse of an AI system to fix prices and injure consumers qualifies as an AI Incident.

RealPage’s algorithm is an AI system used to recommend rental prices, and its misuse (via collusion and data sharing among landlords) has directly led to economic harm—higher rents and consumer injury—meeting the criteria for an AI Incident.

An AI system (RealPage’s rent-recommendation algorithm) was used in the landlords’ coordinated scheme, directly leading to higher rents and related harms to tenants (economic harm, housing insecurity). This is a realized harm caused by the AI system’s outputs and its misuse in price coordination, fitting the definition of an AI Incident.

RealPage’s rent-setting algorithm is an AI system whose deployment and coordinated use by major landlords led to higher rents, eviction risk, and antitrust violations. The harm (economic and housing insecurity) is actual and directly linked to the AI system’s recommendations, making this an AI Incident.

The event describes the use of an AI-based pricing algorithm (RealPage) and data sharing among competitors to suppress competition and raise rents. This use of AI directly led to economic harm to millions of renters, constituting an AI Incident.

The event describes actual misuse of an AI-based algorithm to collude on rent-setting, resulting in economic harm to consumers. As the algorithm’s deployment directly led to higher rents and anticompetitive conduct, it qualifies as an AI Incident.

RealPage’s software is an AI system that uses competitor rental data and supply-demand analytics to recommend rents. Lawsuits by the DOJ and state attorneys general claim this tool has led to coordinated rent increases, harming tenants through higher prices and reducing competition—clear, realized harms attributable to the AI system’s use.

While the underlying issue involves algorithmic price-setting software that has allegedly harmed renters (an AI incident), the article’s main focus is on the DOJ’s legal action—an antitrust lawsuit expansion and proposed consent decree—rather than on a newly uncovered incident or warning of future harm. This constitutes a governance response to the previously alleged wrongdoing, fitting the definition of Complementary Information.

RealPage’s pricing algorithms qualify as an AI-enabled system used in housing markets. The coordinated use of these algorithms to suppress competition and inflate rent constitutes an antitrust violation that has directly harmed consumers. This is a realized harm stemming from the development and use of an AI system, so it should be classified as an AI Incident.

The event explicitly describes the use of algorithms (AI systems) for price setting among landlords, which directly led to harm to renters through price fixing. The involvement of algorithmic pricing schemes indicates AI system use. The harm is a violation of legal frameworks (antitrust laws) and harm to communities (renters paying inflated rents). Therefore, this qualifies as an AI Incident due to the direct harm caused by the AI system's use in illegal price fixing.

The property management software RealPage is described as recommending rent prices based on shared landlord data, indicating AI or algorithmic involvement. The DOJ lawsuit alleges that this software enabled landlords to collude on rental pricing, harming renters through inflated prices, which is a clear harm to communities. The harm is realized and directly linked to the use of the AI system in the alleged anticompetitive conduct. Hence, this is an AI Incident rather than a hazard or complementary information.

The landlords' use of an algorithm to set rents and coordinate pricing strategies with competitors has directly led to harm by keeping rents high, exacerbating the housing crisis and causing financial strain and evictions among renters. The involvement of the AI system (algorithm) in this anti-competitive scheme and the resulting harm to communities and violation of legal obligations qualifies this event as an AI Incident.

The article explicitly mentions an AI system (RealPage's rent-setting algorithm) used by landlords to coordinate rent prices, which is alleged to have contributed to keeping rents artificially high. This has caused harm to renters, including financial hardship and eviction risks, which are harms to communities and individuals. The AI system's role is pivotal in enabling landlords to align prices and avoid competition, thus directly or indirectly causing harm. Therefore, this event qualifies as an AI Incident under the OECD framework.

The event involves an AI system, specifically algorithmic pricing software (YieldStar) that uses data and algorithms to recommend rent prices. The lawsuit alleges that the use of this AI system directly led to harm by inflating rents, which is a harm to communities and individuals' economic well-being. The coordinated use of the AI system to manipulate prices constitutes a violation of legal frameworks and harms consumers. Therefore, this is an AI Incident because the AI system's use directly led to significant harm (inflated rents) and legal violations.

The article explicitly mentions an algorithm (an AI system) used to recommend rental prices, which is central to the alleged scheme by landlords to keep rents high. The AI system's use in price recommendation, combined with data sharing among competitors, has directly led to harm by inflating rents and exacerbating the housing crisis, affecting millions of renters. This meets the criteria for an AI Incident because the AI system's use has directly contributed to significant harm to communities and violation of economic rights.

The event explicitly involves an AI system—RealPage's pricing algorithm—that is alleged to have been used by landlords to fix rents, which is a violation of antitrust laws and harms renters financially. The harm is realized and ongoing, as renters are paying higher rents due to the algorithm's influence. This fits the definition of an AI Incident because the AI system's use has directly led to significant harm to communities (economic harm to renters) and breaches legal obligations (antitrust laws). The event is not merely a potential risk or a complementary update but a concrete case of harm linked to AI use.

The rental pricing software from RealPage is an AI system that uses algorithms to set rental prices. The White House analysis finds that this software adds billions to rental costs, which constitutes harm to communities and individuals economically. The harm is realized and directly linked to the use of the AI system. The local legislative response further supports the recognition of harm caused by the AI system's use. Hence, this is an AI Incident involving harm caused by the use of an AI system.

The article explicitly discusses the use of pricing algorithms (AI systems) by landlords that have directly resulted in increased rent costs, causing financial harm to renters. This fits the definition of an AI Incident because the AI system's use has directly led to harm to communities (economic harm to renters). The presence of an antitrust suit and company responses further confirm the significance of the harm. Hence, the event is classified as an AI Incident.

The software is an AI system used by landlords to set prices, which has directly led to increased rental costs, a form of economic harm to renters. This fits the definition of an AI Incident as the AI system's use has indirectly caused harm to a group of people (renters) by increasing their financial burden. The article provides data quantifying this harm. Although the harm is economic rather than physical or legal rights violation, it is significant and clearly articulated. The mention of potential legal action is background and does not change the classification. Therefore, the event is best classified as an AI Incident.

The article explicitly mentions the use of an AI system (RealPage's algorithm) that recommends rental prices to landlords. The landlords allegedly used this AI system and shared sensitive data to coordinate and avoid competition, leading to higher rents. This directly harms renters, a community, by making housing less affordable, which fits the definition of an AI Incident involving violations of law and harm to communities. Therefore, this event qualifies as an AI Incident.

The article explicitly mentions the use of RealPage's algorithmic pricing software, an AI system that processes sensitive data to generate rent price recommendations. The coordinated use of this AI system by multiple landlords to fix prices has directly led to economic harm to renters by inflating rents. This is a clear case where the AI system's use has directly caused harm, fulfilling the criteria for an AI Incident. The involvement is in the use of the AI system for anticompetitive practices causing realized harm, not just potential harm. Therefore, the event is classified as an AI Incident.

RealPage's rental pricing software likely involves AI systems that analyze market data to set rents. The DOJ's lawsuit accuses these systems and associated landlords of engaging in price-fixing, which harms renters by inflating prices unfairly. This is a direct harm to communities and a violation of legal frameworks protecting fair market practices. Therefore, this event qualifies as an AI Incident due to the direct harm caused by the use of AI systems in rent price manipulation.

The case involves the use of RealPage's algorithmic pricing software, an AI system that generates rent price recommendations based on competitively sensitive information. The DOJ alleges that this software was used as part of an unlawful price-fixing scheme that harmed millions of renters by artificially inflating rents, which constitutes harm to communities and a violation of competition laws. Since the AI system's use directly led to economic harm to a large group of people, this qualifies as an AI Incident under the framework.

The lawsuit explicitly mentions the use of "algorithmic pricing," which implies the use of AI systems to set rental prices. This AI system's use has directly led to harm by enabling anticompetitive practices that increase rents and harm millions of renters, constituting harm to communities and a violation of fair market practices. Therefore, this qualifies as an AI Incident due to the realized harm caused by the AI system's use in pricing algorithms.

The article explicitly mentions an algorithm used by RealPage to recommend rental prices, which is an AI system involved in decision-making affecting rent levels. The use of this AI system, combined with data sharing among landlords, has directly led to harm by keeping rents high and exacerbating the housing crisis, impacting millions of renters financially and socially. This meets the criteria for an AI Incident as the AI system's use has directly contributed to violations of economic rights and harm to communities. The involvement of the Justice Department and legal action further confirms the recognized harm and legal breach.

The article explicitly mentions the use of an algorithm by landlords to coordinate rent setting, which is an AI system as it infers from input data to generate rent prices. The coordinated use of this AI system has directly led to harm by keeping rents high, causing financial strain and evictions among renters. This fits the definition of an AI Incident because the AI system's use is directly linked to harm to communities and individuals. Therefore, the event is classified as an AI Incident.

The RealPage software employs AI to recommend rental prices based on competitor data, enabling landlords to coordinate prices and inflate rents. This use of AI directly causes financial harm to renters, which is a form of harm to communities and individuals. The involvement of the Department of Justice and class action lawsuits further supports that this is a realized harm linked to the AI system's use. Therefore, this event meets the criteria for an AI Incident due to direct harm caused by the AI system's deployment in rental price setting.

The article explicitly mentions a software company using an AI pricing algorithm that facilitated collusion among landlords to raise rents above competitive market levels. This use of AI directly led to harm to renters through inflated prices, which is a violation of legal frameworks (antitrust laws) and harms communities economically. The AI system's role is pivotal in enabling this collusion and price inflation. Hence, this event meets the criteria for an AI Incident due to realized harm caused by the AI system's use.

The article explicitly mentions the use of an AI algorithm by RealPage to recommend rental prices, which landlords allegedly use to coordinate and keep rents high. This coordination harms millions of renters by inflating rents beyond competitive market levels, causing financial strain and eviction risks. The AI system's role is pivotal in enabling this anti-competitive scheme, fulfilling the criteria for an AI Incident due to direct harm to communities and individuals' economic rights. The involvement is in the use of the AI system, and the harm is realized, not just potential.

The complaint explicitly mentions the use of algorithmic pricing software (RealPage) that facilitated anti-competitive behavior among landlords, causing harm to millions of renters through inflated rents. This involves the use of AI systems (pricing algorithms) whose outputs influenced pricing decisions leading to economic harm, which qualifies as harm to communities and individuals. Therefore, this event meets the criteria for an AI Incident due to the direct harm caused by the AI system's use in an unlawful scheme.

The complaint explicitly mentions an algorithmic pricing scheme, which reasonably infers the use of an AI system for pricing decisions. The coordinated effort to reduce competition and harm millions of renters constitutes a violation of rights and harm to communities. The harm is realized and ongoing, not just potential. Therefore, this event meets the criteria for an AI Incident due to the direct involvement of an AI system in causing significant harm to a large population through anticompetitive practices.

The lawsuit explicitly mentions the use of an algorithm by landlords to set rents and share sensitive pricing information to avoid competition, which is an AI system's use leading to harm. The harm is realized as inflated rents and reduced affordability, impacting millions of people, thus constituting harm to communities. The involvement of RealPage, a software company providing the algorithm, confirms AI system involvement. Therefore, this event qualifies as an AI Incident due to the direct harm caused by the AI system's use in illegal rent-setting practices.

The pricing algorithm qualifies as an AI system because it is a software tool used to set rental prices based on data such as occupancy and market strategies, which involves complex decision-making beyond standard software. The lawsuit alleges that the use of this AI system has directly led to harm—specifically, inflated rental prices harming renters financially, which constitutes harm to communities and individuals. Therefore, this event meets the criteria for an AI Incident as the AI system's use has directly caused harm through anticompetitive pricing practices.

The event involves an AI system, specifically RealPage's rental pricing algorithm, which is used to recommend and coordinate rent prices among landlords. The alleged use of this AI system has directly led to harm in the form of anticompetitive practices that inflate rental prices, thereby harming communities and violating fair market competition laws. Since the harm (price fixing and inflated rents) is occurring and is directly linked to the use of the AI system, this qualifies as an AI Incident under the framework.

The article explicitly mentions the use of rent-setting algorithms (AI systems) by landlords that have caused renters to pay an extra $136 per month on average, amounting to billions in overpayment nationwide. This constitutes direct economic harm to a large group of people (renters), which fits the definition of harm to communities. The involvement of AI in setting rents and the resulting lawsuit alleging anti-competitive behavior further confirm the AI system's role in causing harm. Hence, this is an AI Incident rather than a hazard or complementary information.

The article explicitly involves an AI system (RealPage's algorithmic pricing software) used by landlords to coordinate rental prices, which has directly led to harm by inflating rents and suppressing competition. This is a violation of legal frameworks and harms communities by affecting housing affordability. The involvement of the AI system in causing these harms meets the criteria for an AI Incident, as the harm is realized and directly linked to the AI system's use.

The event explicitly involves an AI system (RealPage's rent-setting algorithm) whose use by landlords has directly led to harm (higher rents) to a large group of people (renters). The alleged collusion and use of the AI system to fix prices is a breach of legal obligations and harms communities economically. Therefore, this is an AI Incident due to the direct harm caused by the AI system's use in price-fixing and the violation of antitrust laws.

RealPage’s rent‐pricing algorithms qualify as an AI system used by the landlords to coordinate prices. The lawsuit claims this use of the AI system directly led to overcharging tenants, constituting an antitrust violation and financial harm. This is an AI Incident because the development and use of the AI system resulted in realized harm to consumers.

An AI-driven algorithmic pricing scheme has been used to set rents based on competitors’ sensitive data, amounting to an antitrust violation that has already caused harm to renters. This constitutes an AI Incident because the development and use of the pricing algorithm directly led to consumer harm and a breach of competition law.

RealPage’s algorithmic pricing tool is an AI system whose use (colluding via its outputs) has directly led to financial harm for tenants (price gouging). This constitutes a realized harm caused by the development and use of an AI system, fitting the definition of an AI Incident.

The article describes how RealPage’s algorithmic price recommendations were used by landlords to jointly set and share sensitive pricing data, resulting in inflated rents—an actual harm to renters. This is a concrete case where an AI system’s use directly led to a violation of competition laws and economic harm, fitting the definition of an AI Incident.

RealPage’s software uses automated, data‐driven price recommendations (an AI system) to enable collusion among landlords. This directly led to anticompetitive harm—higher rents and reduced market competition—for renters. As a realized harm stemming from the use of an AI system, it constitutes an AI Incident.

The use of RealPage—an AI-based dynamic pricing tool—to share private rental data and set artificially high rents constitutes misuse of an AI system that has directly led to financial harm and legal rights violations for tenants. The harms are realized (illegal price inflation affecting 70,000 units), so it qualifies as an AI Incident.

A pricing algorithm is an AI system that collected nonpublic data and recommended rents to multiple landlords, enabling illegal price-fixing. This misuse of AI has directly led to higher rents (harm to communities and consumers), so it qualifies as an AI Incident.

RealPage’s pricing algorithm—an AI-driven system that aggregates nonpublic data and recommends optimal rents—was used by landlords to coordinate price-fixing, leading to inflated rents. The algorithm’s misuse directly caused economic harm to renters and breached competition laws, making this an AI Incident rather than a future risk or mere product news.

The RealPage algorithm is an AI system whose use has directly led to inflated rents—an economic harm to renters—and is at the center of a DOJ lawsuit for enabling price fixing in violation of the Sherman Act. This constitutes an AI Incident because the AI’s deployment has caused actual, systemic harm.

RealPage’s software—a data‐driven pricing algorithm—collected confidential rent and occupancy data and provided coordinated price recommendations to multiple landlords, facilitating unlawful collusion. This use of an AI system has directly resulted in market harm and legal violations under federal and state antitrust laws.

RealPage’s pricing algorithm qualifies as an AI system (dynamic pricing via data-driven analytics). The landlords’ use of that system to share sensitive data and align rents caused actual economic harm to millions, meeting the definition of an AI Incident. Although the article centers on legal proceedings, it is reporting on a novel antitrust violation facilitated by AI, not merely providing an update to a previously known incident or offering general AI policy context.

The article describes an actual lawsuit alleging that landlords used Realpage’s AI-powered algorithm to share sensitive data and align rent prices, artificially inflating rents and harming tenants. This is a realized harm (economic injury and violation of fair competition laws) directly enabled by an AI system.

The event involves an AI system (RealPage's pricing algorithm) used in the development and use phases to set apartment rents. The lawsuit alleges that the AI system was used to share and analyze sensitive data among competitors to fix prices, leading to increased rents and harm to renters, which is a clear harm to communities and a violation of legal obligations (anti-trust laws). Therefore, this qualifies as an AI Incident because the AI system's use has directly led to significant harm through anti-competitive practices and inflated housing costs.

The event explicitly mentions the use of RealPage's algorithms to recommend rents and lease terms, which is an AI system involved in pricing decisions. The alleged collusion and use of these algorithms to fix prices and reduce competition have directly harmed renters by inflating housing costs, constituting harm to communities and a violation of legal obligations. The involvement of the AI system in facilitating this anti-competitive behavior and the resulting harm meets the criteria for an AI Incident.

The RealPage software is an AI system as it uses algorithmic pricing based on private data to set rental prices. Its use in coordinating price fixing among landlords has directly led to harm by inflating rental prices, which harms consumers and violates antitrust laws. This fits the definition of an AI Incident because the AI system's use has directly led to a violation of legal obligations and harm to communities through anti-competitive practices. The event is not merely a potential risk or a complementary update but a concrete legal action addressing realized harm caused by the AI system's use.

The event explicitly involves an AI system (RealPage's algorithmic pricing software) used in rental price setting. The lawsuit alleges that the software's use directly contributed to price-fixing and inflated rents, harming renters and communities. This is a clear case where the AI system's use has directly led to harm (economic harm to renters and communities) and legal violations (antitrust issues). Therefore, it qualifies as an AI Incident.

The article explicitly mentions the use of a pricing algorithm developed by RealPage, an AI system that processes nonpublic data to recommend rent prices. The DOJ alleges that this AI system was used by landlords to coordinate and fix prices, which is illegal and harms renters by inflating rents. This is a direct harm to communities and a violation of legal obligations, fitting the definition of an AI Incident. The involvement of the AI system is central to the harm described, and the harm is realized, not just potential. Therefore, the event is classified as an AI Incident.

The article explicitly mentions RealPage's algorithm recommending rental prices, which qualifies as an AI system under the definition. The DOJ lawsuit alleges that landlords used this AI system and colluded by sharing sensitive information to artificially inflate rents, causing harm to renters and communities by making housing less affordable. This is a direct harm linked to the AI system's use, constituting a violation of legal obligations (anti-trust laws) and harm to communities. Hence, the event meets the criteria for an AI Incident.

The lawsuit explicitly involves RealPage, a provider of rental pricing algorithms, which is an AI system used to suggest optimal rents. The landlords allegedly used this AI system to share sensitive information and coordinate rent increases, causing harm to renters by inflating prices. This is a direct harm caused by the use of an AI system, fitting the definition of an AI Incident due to violation of economic rights and harm to communities. The event is not merely a potential risk or a complementary update but a concrete case of harm linked to AI use.

The event involves an AI system explicitly mentioned as an algorithmic rent pricing software used by landlords to coordinate and fix rent prices, which directly harms renters by inflating rents and reducing market competition. This constitutes a violation of legal frameworks and harms communities through economic exploitation. Therefore, it meets the criteria for an AI Incident due to the realized harm caused by the AI system's use in price manipulation and collusion.

An AI-driven algorithm (RealPage’s pricing tool) was used and misused by landlords to set and share rental price recommendations, directly leading to financial harm and reduced housing affordability for millions. This constitutes a realized harm caused by an AI system’s use in collusion.

The case centers on the deployment of a RealPage algorithm that recommended rental prices based on competitor data, and on landlords’ coordinated sharing of that data to suppress competition. This algorithmic system directly contributed to a realized harm—excessively high rents, eviction pressures, and antitrust violations—making this an AI Incident.

Although the underlying claim alleges real economic harm to tenants from an AI-driven rent‐setting algorithm (an AI incident), the main focus of this article is on the legal proceeding—an antitrust lawsuit and the joining of additional state AGs. This falls under updates on ongoing legal actions regarding AI impacts, fitting the definition of Complementary Information rather than reporting a newly occurring harm or a potential hazard.

This is an AI Incident because it involves the actual use of algorithmic (AI-enabled) pricing tools to fix rents and share confidential data, directly causing economic harm to tenants and breaching legal obligations.

The RealPage software is an AI system as it algorithmically recommends rental prices based on data inputs. The DOJ alleges that this system was used by landlords to share sensitive competitive information and coordinate pricing strategies, leading to anticompetitive behavior and increased rental prices. This is a direct use of AI leading to harm—economic harm to tenants and violation of competition laws. The event describes realized harm, not just potential harm, and the AI system's role is pivotal in enabling the collusion. Hence, it meets the criteria for an AI Incident.

An AI system is involved as the algorithm used by RealPage to recommend rental prices is explicitly mentioned. The use of this AI system in price setting and data sharing among competitors has directly led to harm by enabling collusion and artificially high rents, which negatively impacts tenants' rights and affordability of housing. This fits the definition of an AI Incident because the AI system's use has directly contributed to violations of legal obligations and harm to communities through inflated rents and reduced competition.

The article explicitly mentions that RealPage uses AI-powered software to set rents, which has directly led to harm by inflating rent prices and causing financial harm to a large population of renters. This constitutes a violation of rights and significant harm to communities. Therefore, this event qualifies as an AI Incident because the AI system's use in price-setting is a pivotal factor in the alleged harm and illegal conduct.

The lawsuit explicitly accuses RealPage of using a centralized pricing algorithm to inflate rents illegally, which is a direct use of an AI system in a way that harms renters by making housing less affordable. The harm is realized and significant, affecting the community's access to affordable housing, and involves a violation of legal frameworks. The AI system's role is pivotal in this harm, meeting the criteria for an AI Incident rather than a hazard or complementary information.

RealPage's software system uses an algorithm to process and share granular rent data among landlords, which fits the definition of an AI system influencing decisions (rent pricing). The DOJ lawsuit alleges that this use of AI has directly harmed tenants by weakening their bargaining power and reducing market competition, which is a violation of rights and harms communities. The involvement of the AI system in causing these harms is explicit and direct, meeting the criteria for an AI Incident rather than a hazard or complementary information.

The article explicitly mentions an AI system (RealPage's algorithm) used to recommend rental prices. The DOJ accuses landlords of using this AI system and sharing sensitive data to coordinate rent prices, which has directly led to harm by keeping rents high and reducing housing affordability. This is a clear case where the AI system's use has contributed to a violation of rights and harm to communities, fitting the definition of an AI Incident. The involvement is through the use of the AI system in setting prices and coordinating behavior that harms renters.

The event explicitly involves an AI system (RealPage's Revenue Management technology) that uses proprietary data and algorithmic pricing to set rents. The lawsuit alleges that this AI system was used in collusion with landlords to fix prices above competitive rates, causing direct financial harm to renters. This fits the definition of an AI Incident because the AI system's use directly led to significant harm to a large group of people (economic harm and violation of fair market competition).

The event explicitly describes the use of an AI system (RealPage's YieldStar) in the illegal coordination of rent prices among landlords, which has directly led to harm to communities through inflated rents and reduced housing affordability. The involvement of the AI system in facilitating price-fixing and the resulting economic harm to renters and communities fits the definition of an AI Incident, as the AI system's use has directly led to significant harm to communities and a breach of legal obligations (antitrust laws).

The lawsuit explicitly involves the use of pricing algorithms, which are AI systems that process competitively sensitive information to set rents. The alleged coordinated use of these algorithms by landlords has directly led to harm to millions of renters by inflating rent prices, which constitutes harm to communities and individuals' economic well-being. Therefore, this event qualifies as an AI Incident because the development and use of AI systems (pricing algorithms) have directly led to a violation of economic rights and harm to a large group of people.

The event explicitly describes the use of algorithms for rental pricing coordination among landlords, which constitutes AI system involvement. The coordinated use of these AI-driven pricing algorithms directly led to harm by artificially inflating rents and reducing competition, affecting millions of renters. This harm falls under the category of harm to communities and individuals' economic well-being. Therefore, this is an AI Incident due to the direct and significant harm caused by the AI system's use in an anti-competitive pricing scheme.

RealPage's property management software qualifies as an AI system because it processes nonpublic data to recommend rent prices, a complex predictive task influencing economic decisions. The lawsuit alleges that landlords used this AI system to collude and raise rents illegally, directly harming tenants by making housing less affordable, which constitutes harm to communities and a violation of legal obligations. Therefore, this event meets the criteria for an AI Incident due to the AI system's indirect role in causing significant harm through illegal rent increases.

The event explicitly involves an AI system (RealPage's algorithmic pricing software) used in a way that allegedly caused harm by enabling collusion among landlords to raise rents unfairly. This constitutes a violation of legal rights and harms communities by reducing affordable housing options. The harm is realized and ongoing, as indicated by the DOJ lawsuit and the description of the impact on millions of renters. Hence, this qualifies as an AI Incident due to the direct link between the AI system's use and the harm caused.

The event explicitly involves an AI system—RealPage's pricing algorithm—that was used by landlords to coordinate rent prices, which harmed millions of renters by inflating rents and reducing competition. The harm is economic and affects communities, fitting the definition of harm to communities under AI Incident criteria. The AI system's use in this unlawful scheme directly led to the harm, making this an AI Incident rather than a hazard or complementary information.

The RealPage software is described as using artificial algorithms to coordinate rent prices among landlords, which directly leads to harm by raising rental prices unfairly. This is a violation of legal obligations protecting economic rights and harms communities by making housing less affordable. The involvement of AI algorithms in this manipulation and the resulting harm to people and communities qualifies this event as an AI Incident under the framework, as the AI system's use has directly led to harm and legal violations.

RealPage's pricing algorithms qualify as AI systems because they use algorithmic decision-making to set rental prices. The lawsuit alleges that these AI systems have been used in a way that directly harms consumers by inflating rental costs, constituting economic harm to a group of people. This fits the definition of an AI Incident, as the AI system's use has directly led to harm (economic harm to renters) and potential violations of legal obligations (price-fixing). Therefore, this event is classified as an AI Incident.