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Extended Thinking Budget Allocation Prompt
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Linked challenge: Cybersecurity M&A Due Diligence
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Cybersecurity M&A Due Diligence
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Define a strategy for using GPT-5's extended thinking with adaptive reasoning budgets. For a given complex query (e.g., 'Analyze the long-term impact of AcmeSec's Q1 supply chain attack on its market valuation and recommend mitigation strategies.'), describe how the budget might adapt based on initial assessment complexity or confidence scores. Provide an example of how a prompt would be structured to leverage this.
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