Book movie tickets, calendar events and a babysitter slot for date night with ChatGPT agent
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TechRadar's Eric Hal Schwartz asked ChatGPT agent to plan a Saturday movie date: get tickets at a theater he named, add calendar events for dropping their child at her grandparents' and the showtime, and make an invitation for his wife. It asked which showing and seats he wanted, confirmed before buying, picked two good seats and paused at payment for him; then it created the calendar event, sent invites to his wife and her parents, and offered a separate babysitting event.
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Help me plan a movie date night to see Superman with my wife Saturday evening. Get us tickets at [specific theater we like] and mark in our calendars when we should drop our child off at her parents and when the movie starts. Also, make a nice and fun invitation I can send to my wife.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Book cinema tickets for a date night and put the plan, including childcare drop-off, in our calendars. Fill in before running: - Movie, theater and date: [MOVIE, THEATER, DAY] - Preferred showtime and seats: [TIME, SEATS] - Who to invite to calendar events: [EMAILS] - Childcare drop-off place and travel time: [PLACE, MINUTES] Rules: - Confirm the exact showing and seats with me before selecting them. - Stop at the payment page and hand control to me. - Create a calendar event for the movie and a separate one for the childcare drop-off, timed backward from the showtime. - Show me the invite list before sending any calendar invitations. - If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. - Add travel time to the theater in the calendar events, and say how you calculated it. Output: Booked seats (after my payment), the calendar events with times, and a short fun invitation message. You'll know it worked when: tickets are paid by me, both events are in the calendar at the right times, and the invite is ready. Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Book cinema tickets for a date night and put the plan, including childcare drop-off, in our calendars. Fill in before running: - Movie, theater and date: [MOVIE, THEATER, DAY] - Preferred showtime and seats: [TIME, SEATS] - Who to invite to calendar events: [EMAILS] - Childcare drop-off place and travel time: [PLACE, MINUTES] Rules: - Confirm the exact showing and seats with me before selecting them. - Stop at the payment page and hand control to me. - Create a calendar event for the movie and a separate one for the childcare drop-off, timed backward from the showtime. - Show me the invite list before sending any calendar invitations. - If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. - Add travel time to the theater in the calendar events, and say how you calculated it. Output: Booked seats (after my payment), the calendar events with times, and a short fun invitation message. You'll know it worked when: tickets are paid by me, both events are in the calendar at the right times, and the invite is ready. Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.
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