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The AI fixed my footer, then wrecked the spacing and sent a dead link

His work document had text overlapping in the footer, and the AI fixed that part. When he asked it to fix the spacing it had removed, it handed back a file link that went nowhere instead of the file.

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How it works

  1. Asks the AI to fix the overlapping footer text in his document
  2. It fixes the footer but removes all the spacing between paragraphs, even the title
  3. He asks it to fix that
  4. It gives him the file as a link that goes nowhere instead of an attachment

Why it’s worth knowing

It fixed the one problem he pointed at, then broke the spacing everywhere else and sent back a link that went nowhere.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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