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AI Assistants Find Practical Use: Automating Business Card Follow-Ups

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

A developer who previously dismissed AI assistants found them useful after automating the process of emailing contacts from business cards. By using a coding agent to extract names and emails from a photo, they created personalized drafts and sent them automatically. The workflow saved time compared to manual entry and composition.

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The story highlights a narrow but real productivity win for AI assistants, though the manual review step underscores lingering trust issues.
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