OpenAI has now officially announced its cutting-edge AI-powered power assistant named ChatGPT Deep Research. OpenAI has designed this tool for multi-step research over the Internet and has significantly advanced AI research capabilities. This tool has made multiple differences between the traditional ChatGPT and the latest one.
With the Deep Research tool, ChatGPT focuses on comprehensive reports, analysis, and citation, and as a result, it is more valuable for researchers, businesses, and professionals and will help them to smoothen their workflows. This article unveils the basic introduction of the DeepSeek and its key enhancements.
ChatGPT Deep Research Introduction
The ChatGPT deep research is the latest AI-driven autonomous research agent, which is particularly designed to help users with deep research conduction and in-depth analysis more powerful than ever. Therefore, they named it “Deep Research” and have the multiple latest research features, such as synthesizing the information from PDFs, online platforms, images, and the folders uploaded by users. This dynamic research planning makes it a game changer for users seeking dynamic research planning.
On Sunday, February 2, 2025, OpenAI published the official blog to discuss the new capabilities of ChatGPT with this AI agent called “Deep Research.” OpenAI says:
People who do intensive knowledge work in areas like finance, science, policy, and engineering need thorough, precise, and reliable research.
According to the company, this AI agent is so useful for anyone who is making a purchase.
Purchases that typically require careful research, like cars, appliances, and furniture.
In short, the new ChatGPT Deep Research is intended to be used when the researcher does not want summaries or quick replies, but the requirement is to get the information over the internet, and the Deep Research agent seeks information from the PDFs, websites, articles, and other relevant resources.
How to Use ChatGPT Deep Research
Currently, the ChatGPT Deep Research mode is not open for all users but is only available for premium users. According to OpenAI, this pro feature presents 100 queries per month with a $200 subscription. In the future, support for Plus, Team, and enterprise users is expected. The company’s announcement indicates that about a month from now, the query limit will be significantly higher than now.
Once the user gets the premium ChatGPT, they can find the dedicated “Deep Research” option just below the prompt section. The version presents the option for the users to attach files or any document (Word, spreadsheet, etc.) The feature is limited to the web version of ChatGPT and not for the mobile or other devices.
The research in the new version is not instant, but the user has to wait for some time according to the complexity of the task. It may take 5 to 30 minutes and once the deep research is complete, the user may get the notification.
The users have to define in the prompt whether they want a competitive analysis or a personalized report, The users may see the steps taken for the research on the sidebar with the resources that will confirm the accuracy level of the output.
How Does ChatGPT Deep Research Work?
The training method of Deep Research was comprised of end-to-end reinforcement learning; therefore, it knows how to plan and execute the multi-step trajectory and provide real-time outputs according to the user’s requirement.
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ChatGPT Deep Research Limitations
The Deep Research agent is a big change in the ChatGPT searches. However, at the moment, the version is not complete and has some limitations mentioned before:
The ChatGPT Deep Research presents the text-based outputs at the moment as we have seen in the first version of ChatGPT. OpenAI discussed in its blog that the features will be extended to the images, data visualization, and some other analytic outputs to enhance its productivity.
Artificial intelligence is imperfect, and ChatGPT Deep Research may present a mix of hallucinations, speculative data, factual information, or errors. This is not right for the research-based content; therefore, cross-checking is a must for the verification of the accuracy. For this, OpenAI said in the blog that the output will be:
Fully documented, with clear citations and a summary of [the] thinking, making it easy to reference and verify the information
Another important point to know is this is a geo-targeted launch; therefore, ChatGPT Deep Research is not available worldwide, and the official release of this version for other regions has not been announced yet.
ChatGPT Deep Research Humanity Last Exam
OpenAI says that it is tested on the Humanity Last Exams; therefore, the process involves 3,000 expert-level questions and shows an accuracy of 26.6%. Experts say that this is a low level of accuracy, but the Humanity Last Exam was designed to be tougher.
Overall, this model presents 6.2% more accuracy than Gemini Thinking, 3.8% more than Grok-2, and 3.3% more than ChatGPT-4o.
Summary
OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT Deep Research on its official blog, particularly useful for students, researchers, business owners, and companies. This feature is for premium users only and may have accuracy issues, but it is well-trained and takes the information from PDFs, documents, and articles on the internet to provide real-time information.
