SMRTR AIMay 8, 2025ZDNet

I tested ChatGPT's Deep Research against Gemini, Perplexity, and Grok AI to see which is best

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AI chatbots now offer deep research capabilities, acting as autonomous agents to search the web and compile reports on given topics. This feature is available in ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Perplexity AI, and Grok, with varying performance levels. A comparison using a query about time travel in film and television revealed ChatGPT provided the most thorough report, though it took longest. Grok offered good results quickly, while Gemini and Perplexity fell in between. This technology aims to automate the research process across multiple online sources.

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