Introducing deep research
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OpenAI's original February 2025 announcement of deep research, an agentic ChatGPT capability built on a version of o3 optimized for web browsing and data analysis. It describes how the agent independently searches, reads, and synthesizes hundreds of online sources into a fully cited report, typically taking 5-30 minutes, and positions it as a step toward AGI's ability to produce novel research.
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An agent that uses reasoning to synthesize large amounts of online information and complete multi-step research tasks for you. Available to Pro users today, Plus and Team next.
Today we're launching deep research in ChatGPT, a new agentic capability that conducts multi-step research on the internet for complex tasks. It accomplishes in tens of minutes what would take a human many hours.
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. Powered by a version of the upcoming OpenAI o3 model that's optimized…
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OpenAI's original February 2025 announcement of deep research, an agentic ChatGPT capability built on a version of o3 optimized for web browsing and data analysis. It describes how the agent independently searches, reads, and synthesizes hundreds of online sources into a fully cited report, typicall…
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