Reply to email in your voice, with send approval
A newsletter reviewer connected calendar, docs and drive and asked their Dot to answer a simple email. The reply sounded like them but went out before they could read it, so they then told the Dot to show all outgoing messages first.
OpenAI dotsAdded Oct 11, 2026
What they did
A writer at the AI newsletter The Neuron set up a dot on launch day, connected Google Calendar, Docs, Drive and other integrations, and spent a few minutes telling it about their work. They then asked it to handle a simple email.
How it went
Tested by the press The dot wrote a short reply that sounded like the writer and was perfectly acceptable, but sent it before they had a chance to read it. They told the dot that from then on they want to see outgoing messages before they go.
Good to know
This is one day of use. The lesson the writer draws is to set approval rules for sending up front; whether the dot kept to the new rule over time was not yet tested.
A prompt to try
Read the latest email from <sender or thread> and draft a reply in my usual tone, keeping it under <number> sentences. Do not send anything. Show me the draft first, and from now on always wait for me to say "send" before any message leaves my account.
Source
Runs on OpenAI dots.
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