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#95 Max: I Battle-Tested ChatGPT's New Agent Mode – The Brutal, Honest Results
10 Aug 2025
ChatGPT's new Agent Mode promises an AI that can do your work, not just talk about it. So we put it through a grueling 10-stage gauntlet of real business tasks. 🤖 The results were a shocking mix of genius and incompetence.We’ll talk about:The complete, 10-stage battle-test of ChatGPT's new Agent Mode, revealing its true capabilities and critical flaws.The final verdict: the agent is a "brilliant but flawed intern" that excels at some tasks but fails spectacularly at others.The "Voltron" moment—how the agent can seamlessly combine your private data from Google Drive, Gmail, and Calendar with live web research.The agent's critical limitations, including its "sloth-like" pace, severe short-term memory loss, and its tendency to "quiet quit" when it hits an obstacle.The Operator's Playbook: the 4 core prompting strategies you must use to command this agent effectively and avoid its common pitfalls.Keywords: ChatGPT Agent Mode, ChatGPT Agents, OpenAI, AI Agents, AI Productivity, AI Automation, AI Business, AI Research, AI Testing, Google Drive, Gmail, Google CalendarLinks:Newsletter: Sign up for our FREE daily newsletter.Our Community: Get 3-level AI tutorials across industries.Join AI Fire Academy: 500+ advanced AI workflows ($14,500+ Value)Our Socials:Facebook Group: Join 248K+ AI buildersX (Twitter): Follow us for daily AI dropsYouTube: Watch AI walkthroughs & tutorials
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