OpenAI Launches Deep Research AI Agent Tool

OpenAI has introduced Deep Research, a new AI agent tool designed to handle time-consuming online research for users. From solving math problems to providing complex recommendations, Deep Research aims to streamline the research process.

This launch marks OpenAI’s second AI agent release this year, following the success of its previous projects.

Deep research is now rolled out to Pro users.

We are still working on bringing access to users in the UK, EU, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland. https://t.co/Bg8jmkAdj4

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OpenAI introduced Operator weeks ago, which can perform assistant-like functions like booking flights, planning grocery orders, and even completing orders.

“Deep research is a specialised AI capability designed to perform in-depth, multi-step research using data on the public web,” OpenAI said.

“It’s fine-tuned on the upcoming OpenAI o3 reasoning model and can autonomously search for and read information from diverse online sources.”

The new tool will use words, images, PDFs online, and files uploaded by the user to create an in-depth report.

OpenAI disclosed that both services are initially available to those who pay $200 monthly for OpenAI’s recently introduced ChatGPT Pro option, “very compute intensive,” adding that users will only be able to submit 100 queries per month.

OpenAI plans to eventually offer the service to other paying customers, including those who subscribe to its plus, team, and enterprise options, but the company did not provide a timetable for doing so.

Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, noted that agents will be “the next giant breakthrough” for AI.

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