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The AI added only half the dates to my calendar

He asked the AI to add some dates to his Outlook calendar. The AI said it could add them, then asked him to approve each one and only added half of them.

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How it works

  1. He asks the AI to add dates to his Outlook calendar
  2. The AI says it can and asks him to approve each one
  3. It adds only half of the dates

Why it’s worth knowing

The AI works inside Outlook, and it still could not just add the dates. He had to approve every single one, and half never made it onto the calendar.

Where it’s from

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

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