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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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Fit a skydiving day for three jumpers into a family road day, by voice

Planning a family holiday in Florida, Eric opened a voice call with Jarvis about skydiving availability. By the end they had worked through airport pickup, three jumpers split across two aircraft loads, two boys waiting on the ground, drive time and the rental check-in, and slotted the jump into otherwise dead travel-transition time. When he pushed back on an early Everglades start, the plan moved and the shareable itinerary updated with it.

Ping me at 9:20 and tell me to take the bike, not the subway

In the same Vergecast clip, a host describes the AI connected to his Google Calendar: seeing a media dinner party in his evening, the AI advised taking a city bike instead of the subway because it would be faster, and pinged him at 9:20 to leave in time for a 9:30 arrival. The hosts frame it as the AI being proactive to the point of feeling directive.

Warn me my new flight clashes with a recording that isn't even on my calendar

While Dan Shipper's Dot displayed research for changing his flight out of San Francisco, it warned the new option might overlap with his head of video's Wednesday morning recording. The recording was not on Shipper's calendar — the Dot had read an unseen Slack discussion, clocked the proposed schedule and alerted him at the moment it mattered; the rest of the column is paywalled.

Built a 7-stop Sardinia route map with hotels checked for live availability,

Facebook version of chelseakauai's Sardinia plan: The AI created a seven-stop Sardinia route map, produced a list of boutique hotels with live availability checks, and emailed hotels directly on her behalf — securing a €240 discount by booking direct instead of through a platform. The AI asked for approval before any payment.

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