New "deep research" tools from OpenAI and Google offer utility today and hint at generative AI's broader potential, but have some important limits. Why it matters: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has said he thinks the company's product — which takes users' assignments and files lengthy research reports in 5 to 25 minutes — "can do a single-digit percentage of all economically valuable tasks in the world.

OpenAI is announcing a new AI "agent" designed to help people conduct in-depth, complex research using ChatGPT, the company's AI-powered chatbot platform.

On the heels of its o3 mini release, OpenAI announced a new ChatGPT agent for handling in-depth research. Appropriately, it's called "deep research."

OpenAI has revealed another new agentic feature for ChatGPT called deep research, which it says can operate autonomously to “plan and execute a multi-step trajectory to find the data it needs, backtracking and reacting to real-time information where necessary.”

OpenAI announced this week its AI research assistant, which it calls “ deep research .” Powered by OpenAI’s o3-mini model (which was trained to use trial and error to find answers to complex questions), deep research is one of OpenAI’s first attempts at a real “agent” that’s capable of following instructions and working on its own.

OpenAI has unveiled a Deep Research AI agent for ChatGPT Pro users. It can go to the web and independently perform research for you.

The AI agent runs on a version of OpenAI's upcoming o3 model, but for now, you need a $200-per-month Pro subscription to try it out.

US tech giant OpenAI on Monday unveiled a ChatGPT tool called "deep research" that can produce detailed reports, as China's DeepSeek chatbot heats up competition in the AI field.