What is the algorithm deciding? The person most likely to pay?
this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2025
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Oh the class action should prove very entertaining.
Trickle down scamming: Rest scams the hotel, the hotel scams the guests.
Funnily enough my home has smoke detectors. No advanced algorithms just simple detection of smoke. I mean they are only designed to save lives not fine anybody, but I guess that's not what Hyatt are after.
I suppose it’s looking at it like that is the same as the speedcam argument. Is it safety or revenue. At least you have some oversight and a due process when that’s wrong though.
I wonder if these people could contact the fire department as it has to be some kind of hazard giving false reports.
£500 is excessive. And fighting guests over your scummy practice. Not on.
Hope a regulator steps in and looks at this but not hopeful.
This is Amerikkka. The regulators exist to ensure that there are as many scams running as possible.
I'm not even sure the regulators exist at all anymore.
the regulators exist to ensure that businesses obey and pay the corrupt shitheads in government
You are correct. Unfortunately in many sectors in the US that's not what's happening. Of course, it's not true across the board. There are exceptions, like the NTSB. But then the NTSB can only make recommendations, and it's enforcement counterparts, like the FAA, have no teeth. The FAA is now in essence run by the airlines the agency is supposed to regulate.
And until enough blood is spilled, this will continue
i think you might have completely misread my comment, regulatory capture is intentional and symbiotic.
the regulators let the corporations poison the groundwater, and in turn the corporations give the regulators a rusty trombone.
I think you completely missed the point of the investigation - it's not about the hotel's charges, it's about an ai-powered smoke "detection" system that the creators are advertising as inherently increasing revenue, suggesting a scheme between the hotel and company making the detectors to defraud the hotel's customers.
It’s not a regulator issues, it’s a fraud issue, the prosecutor should be dealing with this.