Introducing deep research
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OpenAI introduces deep research, a new agentic capability in ChatGPT that conducts multi-step research on the internet for complex tasks
Action Steps
- Give a prompt to deep research in ChatGPT
- Allow ChatGPT to find, analyze, and synthesize hundreds of online sources
- Review the comprehensive report created by deep research
Who Needs to Know This
Researchers, data scientists, and product managers can benefit from deep research as it automates the process of finding, analyzing, and synthesizing online sources, saving time and increasing productivity
Key Insight
💡 Deep research marks a significant step toward developing AGI, capable of producing novel scientific research
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🚀 Introducing deep research in ChatGPT! 🤖 Conducts multi-step research in minutes, saving hours of human time 💡
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OpenAI introduces deep research, a new agentic capability in ChatGPT that conducts multi-step research on the internet for complex tasks
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* [Why we built deep research](https://openai.com/index/introducing-deep-research#why-we-built-deep-research)
* [How to use deep research](https://openai.com/index/introducing-deep-research#how-to-use-deep-research)
* [How it works](https://openai.com/index/introducing-deep-research#how-it-works)
* [Limitations](https://openai.com/index/introducing-deep-research#limitations)
* [Access](https://openai.com/index/introducing-deep-research#access)
* [What's next](https://openai.com/index/introducing-deep-research#whats-next)
February 2, 2025
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_**February 10, 2026 update:**_ _You can now connect deep research to any MCP or app and restrict web searches to trusted sites, so you can focus on authenticated, industry-standard sources. You can also now track progress in real-time and interrupt to refine with follow-up prompts or new sources. We've updated the visual experience so it's easier to start, track, and review your research from end to end._
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_**July 17, 2025 update:**_ _Deep research can now go even deeper and broader with access to a visual browser as part of ChatGPT agent. To access these updated capabilities, simply select “agent mode” from the dropdown in the composer and enter your query directly. The original deep research functionality remains available via the “deep research” option in the tools menu._
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**_April 24, 2025 update_**_: We’re significantly increasing how often you can use deep research—Plus, Team, Enterprise, and Edu users now get 25 queries per month, Pro users get 250, and Free users get 5. This is made possible through a new lightweight version of deep research powered by a version of o4-mini, designed to be more cost-efficient while preserving high quality. Once you reach your limit for the full version, your queries will automatically switch to the lightweight version._
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**_February 25, 2025 update_**_: All Plus users can now use deep research._
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**_February 5, 2025 update_**_: Deep research is now available to Pro users in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and the European Economic Area._
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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 for web browsing and data analysis, it leverages reasoning to search, interpret, and analyze massive amounts of text, images, and PDFs on the internet, pivoting as needed in reaction to information it encounters.
The ability to synthesize knowledge is a prerequisite for creating new knowledge. For this reason, deep research marks a significant step toward our broader goal of developing AGI, which we have long envisioned as capable of producing novel scientific research.
## Why we built deep research
Deep resear
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Table of contents
* [Why we built deep research](https://openai.com/index/introducing-deep-research#why-we-built-deep-research)
* [How to use deep research](https://openai.com/index/introducing-deep-research#how-to-use-deep-research)
* [How it works](https://openai.com/index/introducing-deep-research#how-it-works)
* [Limitations](https://openai.com/index/introducing-deep-research#limitations)
* [Access](https://openai.com/index/introducing-deep-research#access)
* [What's next](https://openai.com/index/introducing-deep-research#whats-next)
February 2, 2025
[Release](https://openai.com/research/index/release/)
# Introducing deep research
[Try on ChatGPT(opens in a new window)](https://chatgpt.com/)
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_**February 10, 2026 update:**_ _You can now connect deep research to any MCP or app and restrict web searches to trusted sites, so you can focus on authenticated, industry-standard sources. You can also now track progress in real-time and interrupt to refine with follow-up prompts or new sources. We've updated the visual experience so it's easier to start, track, and review your research from end to end._
* * *
_**July 17, 2025 update:**_ _Deep research can now go even deeper and broader with access to a visual browser as part of ChatGPT agent. To access these updated capabilities, simply select “agent mode” from the dropdown in the composer and enter your query directly. The original deep research functionality remains available via the “deep research” option in the tools menu._
* * *
**_April 24, 2025 update_**_: We’re significantly increasing how often you can use deep research—Plus, Team, Enterprise, and Edu users now get 25 queries per month, Pro users get 250, and Free users get 5. This is made possible through a new lightweight version of deep research powered by a version of o4-mini, designed to be more cost-efficient while preserving high quality. Once you reach your limit for the full version, your queries will automatically switch to the lightweight version._
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**_February 25, 2025 update_**_: All Plus users can now use deep research._
* * *
**_February 5, 2025 update_**_: Deep research is now available to Pro users in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and the European Economic Area._
* * *
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 for web browsing and data analysis, it leverages reasoning to search, interpret, and analyze massive amounts of text, images, and PDFs on the internet, pivoting as needed in reaction to information it encounters.
The ability to synthesize knowledge is a prerequisite for creating new knowledge. For this reason, deep research marks a significant step toward our broader goal of developing AGI, which we have long envisioned as capable of producing novel scientific research.
## Why we built deep research
Deep resear
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