11.11.2026 00:30
A 60-year-old man in the US who sought legal advice from artificial intelligence over a dispute with his landlord claimed that he stopped paying rent at the app's direction and as a result became homeless. After being evicted, the man began living in his car with his two dogs and sued the company that developed the AI app, arguing that he had been given incorrect legal advice.
The reliability of the responses given by artificial intelligence applications on legal matters has come to the fore again with a striking lawsuit filed in the US. Danish citizen Klaus Elmfelt Aerenlund claimed that he sought help from artificial intelligence to resolve a dispute concerning the house he rented, but that this turned his life upside down.
HE TRUSTED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND STOPPED PAYING RENT
Aerenlund, living in Santa Cruz, California, USA, began having problems with his landlord regarding the rented home. After the dispute, the 60-year-old man, wanting to learn his rights, applied to artificial intelligence instead of consulting a lawyer. According to Aerenlund's claim, the artificial intelligence told him that he could stop rent payments and that under the current conditions it was legally impossible to evict him. Evaluating these answers as reliable legal information, the man stopped rent payments.
Aerenlund claimed that the answers given by the artificial intelligence were not merely general information, but led him to follow a specific legal path. Stating that he acted relying on the artificial intelligence's assessments, the man argued that in the eviction process later initiated, he did not find the legal protection he expected.
After being evicted from his home, Aerenlund said he could not find a place to stay and explained that he began living in his car with his two dogs.
HE FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE DEVELOPER COMPANY
Holding the alleged misleading guidance from artificial intelligence responsible for his financial losses and housing problem, the man initiated legal proceedings against the company that developed the application. In the lawsuit he filed, Aerenlund asserted that the artificial intelligence gave him unreliable advice on legal matters and that this advice led to serious consequences.
The case also brought to the agenda discussions about the limits of legal information offered by artificial intelligence applications to their users and the damages that may arise from such information.