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My new smart bulbs work with Home Assistant after the AI fixed them

His new Kasa bulbs would not talk to Home Assistant, and the problem had sat open for eight months. With the AI talking directly to the devices, they now work, a fix he says he could never have written or fixed on his own.

How it works

  1. Finds the new bulbs do not talk to Home Assistant
  2. Works with AI, which talks directly to the devices
  3. The bulbs work

Why it’s worth knowing

The AI talked straight to the bulbs and fixed a problem that had sat unsolved for eight months.

Where it’s from

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

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