Use AI results responsibly (and fair housing for real estate users)

AI can save time, but it can also misread a record or state something with more confidence than the evidence supports. You're responsible for anything you publish or share.

Check before you share

• Facts: compare names, dates, square footage and permit details with the source records.
• Recalls and equipment: confirm with the data plate and the manufacturer.
• Permits: confirm status and closeout with the building department.
• Safety, value and compliance statements: make sure they're supported, or remove them.

AI doesn't replace your observations

AI text can support a report, but it can't replace what you saw, photographed and measured. Don't use AI output as the basis for a finding you didn't observe, and never let it fill in answers on a regulated form.

Fair housing for real estate professionals

If you share AI Lab results with buyers or sellers, keep to objective, sourced information.

• Don't describe the racial, ethnic or religious makeup of a neighborhood.
• Avoid subjective labels such as "safe", "good neighborhood" or "family area". Point clients to the original source instead.
• When you share school, crime or demographic information, use reliable third-party sources and attribute them.
• Treat the Census & Demographics tool as background for your own understanding, and review its output carefully before sharing.

When in doubt, leave it out of the client-facing report.