The reports are definitely bland, but I find them very helpful for discovering sources. For example, if I'm trying to ask an academic question like "has X been done before," sending something to scour the internet and find me examples to dig into is really helpful - especially since LLMs have some base knowledge which can help with finding the right search terms. It's not doing all the thinking, but those kind of broad overviews are quite helpful, especially since they can just run in the background.
I do that too, I wonder how much of it is the LLM being helpful and how much of it is the RAG algorithm somehow providing better references to the LLM than a google search can?
