OpenI has launched Deep Research, a powerful new tool in tool in ChatGPT designed to help users conduct thorough, multi-step research on the internet. Whether you’re a professional working in finance, science, or policy or just an everyday user planning a vacation or comparing laptops these features simplify complex research in minutes.
What is ‘Deep Research’ and how does it work?
Unlike traditional search engines that provide scattered results, ‘Deep Research’ intelligently searches, analyzes, and consolidates data from multiple sources to generate well-documented reports. It can even process PDF’s images, and spreadsheets, ensuring a more comprehensive analysis.
How to use ‘Deep Research’
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Select the Deep Research Option in ChatGPT
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Enter your query, it could be anything from stock market trends to the best fitness trackers.
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Upload supporting documents (optional)/ for extra context
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Track the Research Process, in a sidebar, which shows steps taken and sources used.
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Receive a Detailed Report with citations, summaries, and reasoning.
Research can take anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes, depending on complexities, and future updates will include visuals like charts and images.
Who can access it?
Currently, ‘Deep Research’ is available to ChatGPT Pro users, with a monthly limit of 100 queries. OpenAI plans to roll it out next to Plus, Team, and Enterprise customers. Access in Europe, the UK, and Switzerland is still in progress.
Limitations and future improvements
While Deep Research is a powerful tool, it isn’t flawless. OpenAI acknowledges that it may sometimes misinterpret data or struggle to distinguish between reliable and unreliable sources. However, ongoing updates aim to refine accuracy expand search capabilities to subscription-based databases, and introduce mobile and desktop versions.
For now, Deep Research is shaping up to be a revolutionary tool making complex research faster, easier, and more accessible than ever.
Deep Research in ChatGPT is a new agentic capability that conducts multi-step research on the internet for complex tasks and accomplishes in tens of minutes what would take a human many hours, OpenAI said.
"Deep research is OpenAI's next agent that can do work for you independently-you give it a prompt, and ChatGPT will find, analyze, and synthesize hundreds of online sources to create a comprehensive report at the level of a research analyst," the company said in a statement.
Powered by a version of the upcoming OpenAI o3 model that's optimized for web browsing and data analysis, the company said the deep research is built for people who do intensive knowledge work in areas like finance, science, policy, and engineering and need thorough, precise, and reliable research.
"It can be equally useful for discerning shoppers looking for hyper-personalized recommendations on purchases that typically require careful research, like cars, appliances, and furniture," the company said.