PartialResearch digests
Generate a long-form research report on a policy topic
Tools: ChatGPT deep research
Setup, access, approval gate, failure notes
- Setup / prompt
- Ask a research question; agent asks clarifying questions, browses for minutes, writes a cited report.
- Access required
- Public web
- HITL checkpoint
- Reader must verify claims; best used in areas the user already knows
- Outcome & failure notes
- Produced a ~5,000-word cited report in about five minutes and beat Google's equivalent, but contained embarrassing factual mistakes. Useful for deepening work you can check, risky for topics you can't.
- Evidence type
- Journalist hands-on
Source: Platformer (Casey Newton) · 2025-02 · Checked 2026-10-19