The Illusion of Insight
Why "Deep Research" models collapse under the weight of their own vagueness, and why enterprise users need structured insight, not summaries.
We have seen a flood of "autonomous research agents" hitting the market. They all promise to "write a report on X." The problem is that "X" is usually ill-defined.
"Write a report on the future of AI" is a bad prompt. "Summarize the last 3 months of export control amendments in the Federal Register relating to Gallium" is a good prompt.
The value isn't in generating text. It's in the rigorous structuring of unstructured data. You don't need a chatbot; you need a query engine for reality.
Move from summaries to structured intelligence
A persuasive summary still needs support. Examine a Radiant briefing's findings, implications, and citations, and decide whether the evidence supports the interpretation.
Report types and source coverage depend on your plan and research scope. Recurring enterprise workflows are configured by agreement.