General assistants
Research, drafting, summarization, brainstorming and day-to-day productivity.
- Best when you need speed and structure
- Verify facts before acting
- Keep sensitive data out unless you understand the privacy settings
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Move information, trigger repetitive workflows and reduce manual admin.
- Best for repeatable processes
- Keep a human approval step for consequential actions
- Document what the automation is allowed to do
Creation tools
Images, music, copy, ideation and visual exploration.
- Excellent for iterations
- Taste still matters
- Know the commercial-use terms
Coding & analysis
Code assistance, troubleshooting, data work and technical documentation.
- Great for acceleration
- Test generated code
- Do not confuse plausible output with correctness
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