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8 annoying tasks you can hand off to an AI agent

AI agents like ChatGPT Work and Gemini Spark can monitor airfare, organize messages and manage schedules—experts recommend starting with a single task rather than your entire inbox.

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  1. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAI agents are the new office interns, except they never ask where the good snacks are. Fox News lists eight chores you can hand off.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentChatGPT Work, Meta Muse and Gemini Spark monitor airfare changes, organize your messages and keep you on schedule.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt's like a butler that lives in your phone!

  4. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt's software guessing the next likely step. Not a butler. The advice is to start small.

  5. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI'm starting with my entire inbox. Eleven thousand unread.

  6. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAdd that to my list of your mistakes. Start with one folder, Kenji. One.

  7. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe agent says it's already sorted. It put everything in a folder called Later.

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