My dog, the maths tutor
He’d already used ChatGPT in the office, to organize finances and even developed a personal fitness tool. It doesn’t seem to matter to Phil, because when he starts talking about his 12-year-old daughter, Daisy, it’s nothing but warmth.
- Agent or tool
- ChatGPT
- Topic
- Finance
- Reported on
- Case study (OpenAI)
- Added
- 2026-11-11
Why it matters
Money tasks are tedious but high-stakes, which is exactly where a careful agent helps: it does the checking and paperwork while a person keeps the final say. It is one of 156 sightings filed under Finance on Agent Sightings (number 72 by interest), and one of 145 involving ChatGPT.
How you could try it
Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into ChatGPT or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.
I want an agent to gather the figures and draft the work, but I will approve any payment or account change myself. The tool in the source case was ChatGPT.
Tip: Keep the agent in 'propose, don't pay' mode: let it gather numbers and draft messages, and approve any payment or account change yourself.
Source
Read the original first-hand account on Case study (OpenAI): https://openai.com/index/my-dog-the-math-tutor. Our summary is a paraphrase; details are in the source.
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