User gets $1.4k refund after AI assistant dot finds 8-hour flight delay in email
nickbaumann_ · x · 2026-10-10
Justin Bleuel connected the AI assistant dot to his email and asked it to review messages. It found an 8+ hour flight delay that qualified for reimbursement; all he had to do was approve dot to submit the case, netting a $1.4k refund. He shared the prompt, a concrete example of agents handling personal admin tasks.
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