The Family History AI Show

EP30: ChatGPT Agent Can Research For You, Security In The Age of AI, What AI Is Good For, AI Office Suite Wars Heat Up

Aug 6, 2025
Co-hosts dive into the innovative ChatGPT Agent that can autonomously handle research tasks with ease. They highlight crucial security tips for protecting sensitive family data in an AI-driven world. A back-to-basics look at AI reveals its four strengths: summarization, extraction, generation, and translation. The conversation heats up with insights on OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google's competitive AI office suites, alongside massive infrastructure investments and a new AI action plan by the White House.
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INSIGHT

What Makes An Agent Powerful

  • An agent combines a strong reasoning model, internet access, and the ability to control a computer to perform tasks autonomously.
  • Putting those three together lets agents plan and execute multi-step research workflows without constant human direction.
ANECDOTE

Agent Analyzes Cemetery Database

  • Steve uploaded a RootsMagic/SQLite cemetery database and asked ChatGPT Agent to analyze it.
  • The agent listed families by size and produced non-hallucinated biographical sketches limited to database facts.
ADVICE

Don't Share Sensitive Credentials

  • Avoid giving chatbots access to private or sensitive information unless you fully understand their security and terms.
  • Prefer tools that run locally or stay 'in the family' (e.g., Google AI with Google services) when handling sensitive accounts.
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