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Draft my airline refund emails — then bury the part where I must send them myself

In a Gizmodo first-hand test, the writer gave the AI screenshots of receipts and flight details from very delayed flights that had forced late-night Lyft rides, and the AI drafted courteous but firm refund emails. Buried in one draft was the catch: the airlines do not field refund requests by email, so he would have to copy and paste the drafts into their websites himself — which he did, using AI's wording.

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How it works

  1. Provide the AI screenshots of receipts and flight information
  2. The AI drafts firm refund emails to the airlines
  3. A note buried in one draft reveals the airlines do not accept refund requests by email
  4. He copies the drafts into the airline websites and submits them manually himself

Why it’s worth knowing

The disqualifying limitation was hidden inside the deliverable itself, not stated up front.

Where it’s from

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

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