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It’s All Fun and Games Until You Give AI Your Credit Card
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In the race to develop intelligent machines, the leading AI companies have built bots that can whip up spreadsheets at a moment’s notice, write sophisticated code, and even solve long-standing math problems.
Key facts
- As of Thursday, the company is reportedly seeking $1 billion in new funds, which could make it worth the equivalent of Lufthansa or Pinterest
- One user recently complained on X that Instinct lost him more than $200 after it prematurely canceled his flight
- Noah Shinn, a 23-year-old Northeastern University dropout, launched the product to a small test group earlier this year, and his company is already worth billions of dollars
- In one of the wildest Instinct examples that the reporter encountered, Olivia Levine, an investor in New York, recounted using Instinct to track down footage of her and her boyfriend on the jumbotron at the US
Summary
Instinct lets people ask for help with all kinds of tasks by texting the bot directly through iMessage or WhatsApp. Noah Shinn, a 23-year-old Northeastern University dropout, launched the product to a small test group earlier this year, and his company is already worth billions of dollars. Instinct isn’t the first AI personal assistant to draw attention this year. Once you create an account, the bot can hook up to your credit cards and all kinds of digital services, including Slack, Google Workspace, and 1Password. The reporter downloaded the tool this week to test it out for themselves. Other people are outsourcing even more tasks to Instinct.