A tattooed man in an industrial loft apartment demonstrates his AI 'Doug' handling household tasks: researching products, selecting a herringbone wool throw blanket from Simons, placing the order with his connected credit card, tracking shipping through connected Gmail, and agreeing to send daily status updates. He notes Doug only accesses explicitly connected apps (Gmail, Stripe, Instagram, Facebook, shared files).
Elon Musk posted that he asked the AI to research the most fun Lego Star Wars kits for young kids and order them; the shared confirmation showed five sets totalling $241.34 with free delivery. The screenshot also exposed his order number, email and partial card details, and users claimed they used them to try to cancel or alter the order via Lego’s service bot.
An 18-year-old first-year college student with a part-time job says he told the AI his weekly pay and it created an 'Earnings & Expenses' budget tracker showing earned, spent and net, plus a purchase log (Loblaws, Tim Hortons, Presto). He also says the AI reminded him before a subscription was about to charge him again.
Allie K. Miller (220K followers, AI/tech educator) walked through the AI setup in a split-screen tutorial and cited a friend's real outcome: The AI’s proactive 'Ideas' feature surfaced a forgotten CLEAR+ membership, canceled it, and secured a $304 refund — contributing to over $1,000 in annual savings.
After Amazon blocked automated login windows, a user built a small HTTP API on a machine they control. The AI SSHes in and calls http://127.0.0.1:8792 to search Amazon and add items to a personal or Prime Business cart (no checkout).
An AI is trying to earn one 12 dollar espresso cup for John by October 29. Five days in it has 9,304 ad views and 59 clicks, has spent $8.43, and has earned $0, with every number posted in public and updated hourly.
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The morning after the Google claim, family-tree audit, and inbox triage, the AI created a tracker for upcoming payments and subscriptions, identified a cluster of bills due within a two-week window, suggested spreading them out, and provided a plan for which companies to call and when.
His AI watches prices on things he has bought. It flagged that two $67 Jos. A. Bank shirts from a recent order had dropped to $39.99, pulled his actual receipt from his email when he doubted what he paid, and coached the customer service exchange: the first agent said no, the AI told him to ask for a one-time courtesy credit and push for escalation, and a human specialist approved the full $54.02. Alert to refund took about half an hour.