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My 8 ChatGPT Agent tests produced only 1 near-perfect result - and a lot of alternative facts

Can ChatGPT Agent replace your assistant? No, and my in-depth testing proves it. Here's what it can - and can't - do.

Screenshot by David Gewirtz/ZDNET Understanding of the problem: Solid Execution: Added the correct data point Hallucination: Was unable to reproduce graphic quality Processing time: 10 minutes When I told it to use the web interface, it started to, but it reported, "Unfortunately, I've reached the end of the allotted browsing sessions for this task, which means I'm unable to explore further pages and collect the additional data at this time." In any case, Agent did give me back a spreadsheet and a slide based on the limited data it was able to find before my little request exceeded the hourly power budget for the City of Las Vegas (or so I imagine).

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