Trips & travel

My Dot planned my brother's Bahamas birthday trip around my classes

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Four jobs, one birthday trip, and only so many hours. dots helped turn our budget and busy schedules into a plan, and kept track of what still needed deciding. Try dots in @chatgpt. #chatgpt_partner

First-hand reel from Cleo (@ih8chz, 4th-year CS major, posted Sep 29 2026): she set up a Dot named "Coco" with Gmail + Calendar access to plan her brother's birthday trip to the Bahamas on a $9,000 budget while working around her classes and creator deadlines. While she was in class, Coco flagged two things she missed - hotel transfers pushing the trip over the $9,000 budget and a new creator deadline landing during the trip - then delivered a revised under-budget option plus a detailed pre-trip work plan to finish assignments before departure. Caption discloses #chatgpt_partner.

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My Dot checked me in for my flight, booked parking, planned the route

My Dot checked me in for my flight, booked parking, planned the route

Drop "dots" below and I'll send you the link to try it out @chatgpt just launched their new always-on agent, dots. It's powered by GPT-6 Astra, and let me tell you... It is AWESOME. It checked me in for my flight, send me my boarding pass to add to my wallet, planned my drive time, my route, and booked my airport parking. And it did it all proactively because it knew I had a flight coming up So instead of asking @chatgpt questions or to do things for you, dots will now proactively reach out to you. This is a total game changer and a must try. Follow @justyn.ai and send this to someone who uses ChatGPT #ai #chatgpt #ChatGPT_Partner
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