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Test · workWATCH09 Oct 2026

ChatGPT meeting notes: 8/11 on a meeting with 11 traps

ChatGPT's Meetings plugin scored 8/11 on a constructed project meeting. The summary was mostly right. The action list had one item, and nobody agreed to it.

ChatGPTAI note takermeeting notes
Test · workUSE02 Sept 2026

Claude for Word: 16/17 on a planted-fault board paper

Fable 5.1 in Claude for Word scored 16/17 on a planted-fault board paper. The only mark dropped was a 34% benchmark it could not verify and would not invent.

ClaudeWordFable 5.1
Test · workUSE26 Aug 2026

Claude vs ChatGPT vs Copilot: fixing a broken budget spreadsheet

I gave Claude, ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot the same ten-tab programme budget and one loose prompt. All three fixed the error I planted. Only one left a record I would hand to a finance director.

Test · workUSE22 Jul 2026

Claude Fable 5 vs GPT-5.6: Project Handover Review

GPT-5.6 produced the better steering-ready handover. Claude Fable 5 was stronger at challenging disputed approvals and conflicting evidence.

Test · workWATCH09 Jul 2026

ChatGPT vs Copilot in PowerPoint: the steering committee test

I gave ChatGPT and Copilot ten files of project mess and a locked committee deck. One edited the template perfectly. One signed my name to it. See the scores.

Test · workUSE01 Jul 2026

Claude Sonnet 5 test: one call, two clean outputs

I gave Claude Sonnet 5 one messy transcript and asked for two clean outputs in one prompt. Read what worked, what broke, and whether it holds up on day one.

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