Research & knowledge
OpenAI's multi-step research mode for finding, analyzing, and synthesizing online sources into cited reports.
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Placed in the taxonomy with an official URL; not presented as hands-on tested.
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Research & knowledge
Fast current-web orientation and source discovery before primary-source verification.
Research & knowledge
Google-native users, multimodal tasks, current information, and large-context synthesis.
Research & knowledge
Careful reasoning, document synthesis, editorial collaboration, and complex knowledge work.