The use-cases directory records someone having the AI monitor the Apple Store online and notify when an iPhone became available to pre-order — stock-watch automation for a launch.
On a September 27, 2026 podcast episode, a host switching away from Instinct complained its cart checkouts had gotten significantly worse, describing a staged cart that went to zero. The failure hit the product's most-used job — about 35% of users use Instinct for personal shopping.
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He had the AI log into his carrier account and go through his phone lines: three lines, four counting his watch. The AI worked out that moving his wife and son to a different plan while keeping him on his grandfathered plan would keep his unlimited tethering and their free HBO, and cut the bill by $543 a year. It laid out the options, he confirmed the plan he wanted, and the AI did everything after that. He says he now throws almost all his form filling at it.
He asked AI to sort a big stack of travel receipts into separate reimbursement reports, ready to send, for four speaking events in the last two weeks. He says it saved him hours.
He and his wife hold pensions, SIPPs, property, mortgages and ISAs across seven or more places. He built a planner that aggregates and prices all of it, projects future values, and sends push alerts with rebalance signals when goals are met. The monthly Excel update he used to do by hand is now a five minute browse.
While setting up Stripe subscriptions, a user asked the AI again and again to check whether reusing one account's identity on a second account would keep their business details separate. The AI said yes with confidence and never checked. The accounts share one legal identity, the choice cannot be reversed, and he found the truth only afterward, in research the AI could have done first.
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Creator someone ordered three items from clothing brand Plus44 while in Turkey in December 2024; the package could not clear customs for a tourist without a Turkish ID and was returned. After the promised refund never came and the 120-day chargeback window expired in April 2025, later emails went unanswered. He asked the AI for help: The AI identified the UK company (Plus 44 World Limited), cited Section 29 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and sent a strongly worded letter demanding the refund within 14 days or court action. Within two hours Plus44 issued the $478.39 refund. (Caption carries his AI referral code.)
Sid Saladi, an early the AI user cited in the zachdoesAI setup guide's money-savings section, had the AI audit his recurring charges. It found a forgotten $9.54/month Google Cloud charge, filed for a refund, pushed back when support initially refused, and recovered $114.14 within five hours.
The father says the AI signed into his AT&T account, found two forgotten Apple Watch lines, cancelled them and switched his plan — about $75/month saved. He says he never opened a settings page himself.