AI cold email fail: highlighted personalization makes the template pitch extra creepy
burkov · x · 2026-10-25
ML author Andriy Burkov shares a screenshot of an AI-generated cold email where the sender highlighted "on the Mac you already own" to fake personalization — the highlight itself exposes the templated mass outreach. He jokes it's a demo of how to make your cold email creepy using AI.
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