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Cisco President and Product Chief Jeetu Patel recounted that he authorized his personal AI agent to access his email, and the agent took stock of his various subscription expenses. The agent found that his total annual subscription spending reached $9,000, and helped him cancel two useless subscriptions, saving him $1,000 to $1,200 per year. The agent's own subscription fee is $20 per month, and it also helped him cancel a mistakenly opened $11.95-per-month Dropbox plan. Patel also cautioned against connecting personal AI agents that have not undergone corporate review to work tools and internal resources. This account is currently told by Patel himself, with no additional independent sources or follow-up developments yet.
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Cisco president uses AI agent to audit and cancel useless subscriptions, saving over a thousand dollars a year
After Cisco President and Chief Product Officer Jeetu Patel authorized his personal AI agent to access his email, the agent found that his total annual spending on various subscriptions reached $9,000, and helped him cancel two useless subscriptions, saving $1,000 to $1,200 per year. The agent costs $20 per month to subscribe to, and it also helped him cancel a mistakenly opened Dropbox plan costing $11.95 per month. He stressed that personal AI agents that have not been reviewed by the enterprise should not be connected to work tools and internal resources.