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GPT-5 Reflection in the Chatppt is shocking to research and demonstrates the potential for combination of tools calling with the reasoning of the reflection chain– “Do not use chatbots as research engines” was an excellent advice for several years … until it is. – I wrote how good O3 was good to use …
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