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Re:Launch HN: April (YC S25) – Voice AI to manage your email... by pavel_lishin on Monday August 25, 2025 @03:14PM (#45017752)
> April does not write emails for you unless you specifically ask for it.

What if it thinks you asked for it?

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Re:Launch HN: April (YC S25) – Voice AI to manage your email... by jvwww on Monday August 25, 2025 @04:25PM (#45018567)
Feels pretty easy to mitigate against. If a user deselects "allow email sending", then you can just remove that as a possible tool-call so it becomes impossible.
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