ChatGPT

ChatGPT is OpenAI's conversational AI product. It can help explain information, draft and revise writing, work with supplied files, research topics and analyze material. Available tools and access depend on the product configuration and plan.

Editorial assessment of the documented product. This review does not include personal testing notes or benchmark results.

I'd use ChatGPT for work where there is already some material to reason about: an untidy brief, a draft that needs cutting, or a document you need to understand. Tell it who the result is for and what would make the answer useful. That is a better starting point than asking for a generic summary.

The conversation is useful when you keep correcting it. Ask it to show the assumptions, check an answer against the original file, or rewrite the section that missed the point. For research, follow the sources. For code, run it in the actual project. You still need a way to judge whether the result is right.

My concern is how easy a fluent response is to trust. It can leave out an important qualification or make a plausible mistake. I would not use it as the sole basis for a high-stakes decision, and I would check what information I am allowed to upload before adding private work material.