By @tomsguide
Publication Date: 2026-03-11 05:00:00
I’m the kind of person who falls down research rabbit holes.
A random topic pops up on my timeline, comes up in conversation, or I overhear something on the subway — and suddenly I need to know everything about it. It could be politics, why kids don’t play with toys like they did in the ’80s and ’90s, or even the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle.
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So I ran both chatbots through the same test — three research prompts designed to see which AI is actually better when you want to learn something new.
1. Topic brainstorm
Prompt: “Give me 10 research topics on tech journalism, why they matter in 2026, one challenge per topic, and one key research question”
ChatGPT did just what I asked. One of the topics it threw into the conversation centered on “The Rise of AI Search and Its Impact on Tech Media Traffic.” Its statement on why that particular subject matters…
