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The AI could not tidy his desktop and told him to do it himself

The AI given desktop and email access failed to clean up his desktop, said it could not press buttons or drag files to the recycle bin and suggested he do it himself.

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How it works

  1. Cowork gets desktop and email access
  2. Tries to clean up
  3. Says it cannot press buttons or drag files to the recycle bin
  4. Suggests he do it himself

Why it’s worth knowing

Full desktop access, and it still could not drag one file to the bin.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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