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Airbnb Deploys Party-Pooping AI to Crush Your New Year’s Dreams

Airbnb's new AI overlords are here to ruin your NYE plans—because nothing says "disruption" like banning fun.

Chad Evans

By Chad Evans

Published December 22, 2025 at 1:00pm


Ah, yes—another day, another dystopian overreach by Big Tech into our personal freedoms. Airbnb, the same company that disrupted the housing market so thoroughly that your barista can’t afford rent, has now deployed its cutting-edge AI to ensure you can’t even throw a sad little New Year’s Eve rager in a stranger’s overpriced bungalow.

That’s right, folks. The same geniuses who brought you "live like a local" (by displacing locals) are now using machine learning to crush your dreams of a midnight champagne spray onto someone else’s IKEA furniture. Their algorithm—trained on hundreds of data points, no doubt—will now judge you based on how far you live from the rental, how long you’re staying, and probably whether your Spotify Wrapped suggests you’re the type to play "Mr. Brightside" unironically at 2 AM.

And let’s talk about this "global ban on disruptive parties"—a policy so draconian it makes your HOA look like Burning Man. No excessive noise? No open invites? No smoking nuisances? What’s next, Airbnb sending a drone to tase you for leaving a Solo cup on the counter?

But here’s the real kicker: Airbnb proudly boasts that 99.9% of Texas bookings had no party reports in 2024. Wow. Truly groundbreaking. That’s like McDonald’s bragging that 99.9% of their burgers didn’t give customers food poisoning. Slow clap.

So this New Year’s Eve, remember: if you want to celebrate, do it the old-fashioned way—by sneaking into a corporate Airbnb exec’s backyard and letting the real AI (alcohol intoxication) take over. Just don’t expect a five-star rating afterward.