The AI hunted through my files to find the visa form I saved years ago

A man applying for a UK visa needed his travel history from many years back. He had saved a filled in form from the last application but could not remember where. He asked the AI to find it. The AI worked out possible dates and file types, then went through his files checking each one.

How it works

He asks the AI to find the saved form from his last application
The AI works out likely dates and file types, HTML or PDF
It searches his files and checks each possible match

Why it’s worth knowing

The AI guessed the dates and file types the old form could have, then checked the files one by one.

Where it’s from

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

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