ChatGPT Deep Research

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Deep Research
Developer(s) OpenAI
Initial releaseFebruary 3, 2025;5 months ago (2025-02-03)
Type AI agent
Website openai.com/index/introducing-deep-research/

Deep Research is an AI agent integrated into ChatGPT, [1] [2] which generates cited reports on a user-specified topic by autonomously browsing the web for 5 to 30 minutes. [3]

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Deep Research can interpret and analyze text, images, and PDFs. [4] It is based on a specialized version of OpenAI's o3 model. [4]

Deep Research scored 26.6% on the "Humanity's Last Exam" benchmark, outperforming rivals like DeepSeek's model R1 (9.4%) and GPT-4o (3.3%). [5]

According to OpenAI, Deep Research occasionally makes factual hallucinations (errors) or incorrect inferences. [4] It may also reference rumors, and may not accurately convey uncertainty. [6]

In April 2025, OpenAI announced a "lightweight" version of Deep Research that would be available to free users, based on o4-mini instead of o3. [7]

As of June 2025, ChatGPT Pro subscribers ($200/month) receive 250 queries per month (half of which are "lightweight"), Plus, Team and Enterprise users receive 25 queries per month (15 of which being "lightweight"), and free users receive 5 "lightweight" queries per month. [8]

Usage limit

OpenAI introduced "Deep Research", an autonomous research mode inside ChatGPT, in February 2025. [9] [10] According to the company's support documentation, ChatGPT Plus, Team and Enterprise subscribers are allotted 10 "full-model" Deep Research queries every 30 days, followed by 15 additional queries on a cheaper "lightweight" model; Pro subscribers receive 125 + 125 queries, while free users get 5 lightweight queries. [11] These figures have been corroborated by independent technology outlets covering the feature's rollout. [12] [13] [14] The quota is not displayed proactively in the ChatGPT interface; users are informed of the limit only after exhausting their allowance, at which point a banner states when new queries "will be available again." [15] [16] Tech journalists and users have criticized this reactive disclosure, arguing that the uncertainty incentivises heavy users to upgrade to the US $200-per-month Pro tier that offers larger allowances. [17] [18]

References

  1. ↑ Shibu, Sherin (2025-02-03). "ChatGPT Can Now Complete a Major Task That Would Take a Human Up to 30 Days. Here's How it Works". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  2. ↑ "OpenAI's Deep Research can save you hours of work - and now it's a lot cheaper to access". ZDNET. 2025-02-25. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  3. ↑ Webb, Effie (2025-02-03). "OpenAI launches Deep Research, a ChatGPT tool that promises 'expert-level' analysis in minutes". Business Insider. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  4. 1 2 3 Shivam, Harsh (2025-02-03). "OpenAI's 'Deep Research' can be your agentic AI research analyst: Details". Business Standard. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  5. ↑ Okemwa, Kevin. "OpenAI's new "Deep Research" blows ChatGPT o3-mini and DeepSeek out of the water with 26.6% accuracy in the world's hardest "AI exam" — but it skipped the line". Windows Central. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  6. ↑ Metz, Cade (2025-02-03). "OpenAI Unveils A.I. Tool That Can Do Research Online". The New York Times. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  7. ↑ Preston, Dominic (2025-04-25). "ChatGPT is getting a 'lightweight' version of its deep research tool". The Verge. Retrieved 2025-07-14.
  8. ↑ "Deep Research FAQ". OpenAI Help Center. Retrieved 2025-07-14.
  9. ↑ "Introducing Deep Research". OpenAI Blog. OpenAI. 2025-02-02. Retrieved 2025-07-13.
  10. ↑ "OpenAI launches new AI tool to facilitate research tasks". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. 2025-02-03. Retrieved 2025-07-13.
  11. ↑ "Deep Research FAQ". OpenAI Help Center. OpenAI. 2025-06-23. Retrieved 2025-07-13.
  12. ↑ "ChatGPT's best tool is now available for free — but there's a catch". TechRadar. Future plc. 2025-04-28. Retrieved 2025-07-13.
  13. ↑ "ChatGPT is getting a "lightweight" version of its Deep Research tool". The Verge. Vox Media. 2025-05-19. Retrieved 2025-07-13.
  14. ↑ "I tried ChatGPT's new Deep Research. It was worth the extra wait of up to 30 minutes for its reports". Business Insider. Insider Inc. 2025-03-06. Retrieved 2025-07-13.
  15. ↑ "I wasted my Deep Research uses so you don't have to (10-use limit is confirmed per 30 days, not per billing cycle)". Reddit. Reddit. 2025-03-18. Retrieved 2025-07-13.
  16. ↑ "Deep Research limit checking". OpenAI Community Forum. OpenAI. 2025-03-22. Retrieved 2025-07-13.
  17. ↑ "Will people really pay $200 a month for OpenAI's new chatbot?". TechCrunch. Yahoo Inc. 2024-12-06. Retrieved 2025-07-13.
  18. ↑ "I used ChatGPT's Deep Research tool for academic work — here's what I learned". TechLearning. Future plc. 2025-07-09. Retrieved 2025-07-13.
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