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What happens when you take a billion dollars of computer power and let it research a question for twelve whole minutes? A lot more than if you use that same power for just a few seconds, that's for sure.
Since ChatGPT Agent is so new, I've been exploring its capabilities and trying to understand what kinds of problems it's best suited for. This time, I asked it to compare cloud storage services. It took twelve minutes to come up with an answer.
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Because this is a learning exercise, I also asked ChatGPT 4o to do the same thing. Our old familiar chatbot responded in about two seconds. There was definitely a difference.
Keep reading to the end. Once I add NotebookLM to the mix, the results go from interesting to astounding…
Research cloud storage services
The prompt I gave both ChatGPT Agent and ChatGPT 4o was this:
I need to store 10 terabytes in the cloud. The data will be synced from two users and two local servers. Find me prices, and compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of each option.
The first big difference is that Agent asked for more clarification.
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