Pay my parking ticket from a photo, no instructions needed

In a Vox feature on personal agents, entrepreneur Matt Van Horn said his wife sent Instinct a photo of a parking ticket with no instructions at all. The agent, which already had her credit card on file, simply paid it.

How it works

Photograph the parking ticket
Send the photo to Instinct with no instructions
Agent reads the ticket details
Agent pays it with the card on file

Why it’s worth knowing

It paid a real fine from a bare photo — the user typed nothing at all.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news24.gigglelo.com. See the original ↗

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