Review a landlord deposit dispute for legal violations
A tenant used ChatGPT and Gemini to review a landlord's apartment deposit dispute, identify legal violations, and avoid losing $4,200.
Users had personal agents like Meta's Muse search state databases for forgotten money and negotiate an insurance cancellation refund, recovering hundreds of dollars.
Users had personal agents like Meta's Muse search state databases for forgotten money and negotiate an insurance cancellation refund, recovering hundreds of dollars.
Eric Allen asked Meta's Muse agent to search state government databases for unclaimed money, and it ran the scan for his wife too. Separately, Frank Chien had Muse phone his insurer, Amtrust, to cancel a workers comp policy and get a refund. When the first approach failed, the agent proposed a different route.
Allen's scan took six minutes and found about $730 in store credit, a $272 refund and about $800 for his wife. Chien saved about $800. Muse's phone calls are early access, and Meta has tested using humans for some calls.
Some users connected bank accounts through Plaid or gave the agent bank access, a privacy tradeoff. Meta is also reportedly testing humans on some Muse calls.
Search the unclaimed property databases for [my state(s)] under my name [full name] and any past addresses [list], and list any forgotten money you find with amounts and claim steps. Then help me draft a request for a refund on my cancelled [type] insurance policy with [insurer], using policy number [number]. Pause and show me anything before you submit a claim or send a message.
A tenant used ChatGPT and Gemini to review a landlord's apartment deposit dispute, identify legal violations, and avoid losing $4,200.
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