You know that feeling when a huge new AI feature gets announced and you think it’s going to change everything? I just stumbled upon a video from an AI professional who spent a full week putting the new ChatGPT Agent to the test, and his findings are… not what you’d expect.
He calls it one of the most disappointing updates he’s ever seen from OpenAI. Yikes! The promise was that these agents could do deep research AND take actions for you online, like a personal assistant. But the reality? Let’s just say it’s a little different.
⚙️ The Agent’s Performance in a Nutshell
This innovator ran a bunch of tests, and the results were pretty shocking. Here’s what he found:
- Simple Research: The creator asked the agent to research how to form an LLC. The agent took 6 minutes to return a poorly formatted text wall. He then ran the exact same prompt in regular ChatGPT, which gave him a perfectly organized table in 2 seconds. A huge miss for the agent.
- Booking a Hotel: He tried to get it to book a hotel with specific criteria. After 25 minutes, the agent gave him a broken link. The creator did the same search himself on hotels.com in just 45 seconds. It’s just not a time-saver right now.
- Security Risks: This is a big one. The agent displays a warning that signing into websites could “expose your data to malicious sites.” The creator even shared a clip of Sam Altman admitting there are new risks. I don’t know about you, but that makes me very hesitant to give it my login or credit card info!
✨ The One Thing It Did Well (with a catch)
Okay, it wasn’t all bad. The YouTuber did find one cool use case that worked: auditing his Google Calendar.
- The Task: He asked the agent to analyze his calendar for the last six months and summarize how he spent his time.
- The Result: After a few hiccups, it successfully connected to his calendar, downloaded the data, and gave him a genuinely useful breakdown of his time.
- The Catch: To do this, he had to manually log into his Google account inside the agent’s virtual browser, right after seeing that big security warning. He smartly used a secondary account, and I’d recommend doing the same. The risk might not be worth the reward for your main accounts.
🚀 The Real Pro-Tip from This Video
The creator also tested the agent’s ability to create a PowerPoint presentation. The content was okay, but the design was terrible. But then this industry pro shared an amazing workflow that’s a total game-changer!
Here’s the process he recommends:
- Get the basic presentation content from ChatGPT (you don’t even need the agent for this).
- Take the PPTX file it creates and import it into a tool called Gamma.app.
- Gamma then completely redesigns the entire presentation with professional layouts and stunning visuals. He showed two modes: “Visual Import” for a quick polish and “Transform Content” for a complete creative overhaul.
Honestly, this Gamma trick was the best takeaway for me. It turns a bland AI output into something you’d actually be proud to present.
Overall, the expert’s verdict is that the ChatGPT Agent is a slow, risky, and overhyped beta product for now. It seems the best parts of it are already available in other ChatGPT features, without the long wait times.
To see all the side-by-side comparisons and the full, unfiltered results, you have to watch the original video from the creator. He shows you everything, warts and all!