8 seriously annoying tasks you can hand off to an AI agent

I have a growing list of things I would gladly never do again.Checking the same airfare every morning is on it.

Digging through an overflowing inbox is right up there too.And I would be perfectly happy never having to remember when some free trial is about to start charging me.

This is where AI agents are starting to get genuinely useful.A regular chatbot waits for you to ask a question.An AI agent can potentially keep working on something after that first conversation.

It might monitor a price, watch for an opening or keep tabs on a task you would otherwise have to remember yourself.OpenAI, Meta and Google are all pushing further into this kind of AI.

OpenAI now has Dots and ChatGPT Work, while Meta has Muse and Google has Gemini Spark.That all sounds very impressive.But I am less interested in having an AI run my life than I am in having it take a few irritating chores off my hands.

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OpenAI also offers Dots, which are more persistent.A Dot has its own cloud computer, can remember ongoing work and can keep making progress between conversations.

Dots are currently rolling out to eligible ChatGPT Pro, Business Premium and Enterprise users.OpenAI says Dot usage will temporarily not cou...