Using ChatGPT as my secret weapon to score discounts on online shopping this Christmas

AI IN EVERYDAY LIFE

How to use ChatGPT to guess promo codes at online checkouts

I’ll be honest: I don’t always share all my prompts with you. Some are too good to share (usually business opportunities or prompts that I can sell).

Some are downright dangerous and I can’t, in good conscience, let them loose in the public. Prompt hacks that expose safety gaps (which I report).

But then there are some naughty-but-nice ones that I simply have to share.

Like using ChatGPT to get you sweet deals online. I found ChatGPT is really good at guessing promo codes and finding discounts most shoppers miss.

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Rosie the Robot goes shopping for you. Generated with Nano Banana

Because with everything that AI has been trained on and can access, it’s remarkably good at predicting what discount codes are most likely to be.

With ChatGPT, I scored 15% off security cameras, discounts on Christmas decorations at Hallmark, bonus deals at the Disney Store, and many more.

All were deals I was otherwise unaware of — and would’ve missed out on! — because they weren’t automatic; they required a promo code at checkout.

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