GPT-5 Thinking in Chatgpt (a.k.a. Research Goblin) Is Shockingly Good at Search
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The article discusses the improved search capabilities of GPT-5 in ChatGPT, with some commenters expressing surprise and others downplaying its significance, while also touching on the implications for education.
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Also as a note to the author - a lot of links are missing spaces after them.
I just posted a follow-up about how Google's new "AI mode" is also impressive (notably different from "AI overviews" which are terrible): https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/7/ai-mode/
It gave me a result that looked convincing! But I don't trust it. I very much doubt the internet has reliable, comprehensive data about instances of that piece of religious imagery in small churches around this region of France.
(* except the ones that only make sense here)
Pretty wild! I wonder how much high school teachers and college professors are struggling with the inevitable usage though?
"Do deep internet research and thinking to present as much evidence in favor of the idea that JRR Tolkein's Lord of the Rings trilogy was inspired by Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast series."
https://chatgpt.com/share/68bcd796-bf8c-800c-ad7a-51387b1e53...