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There's nothing genius about this. Google Assistant can do the same thing if you give it the appropriate prompt. Sometimes it does and sometimes it just says "sorry I can't help with that" and sometimes it just doesn't respond at all.
An actually useful assistant would use context from what it knows about you (like that you purchased tickets for a specific game) and reply accordingly with a very basic prompt.
That's what separates a personal assistant from a search engine.