OpenAI is bringing its Deep Research feature to more users, expanding beyond the $200-a-month Pro tier to include Plus, Team, Edu, and Enterprise subscribers. The AI-powered research agent, designed to conduct multi-step web research and document analysis, is also receiving updates, including improved file understanding and embedded citations for richer insights.
Key Points:
- Deep Research now available to all paying ChatGPT users.
- Plus, Team, Edu, and Enterprise subscribers get 10 queries/month; Pro users now get 120.
- Updates include better file analysis and embedded images with citations.
Deep Research, which utilizes an early version of OpenAI’s o3 model optimized for web browsing, allows users to search, interpret, and analyze large amounts of information from the internet, including text, images, and PDFs. It can also read user-provided files and execute Python code for data analysis.
Subscribers at different tiers will have varied access limits: Plus, Team, Edu, and Enterprise users will receive 10 Deep Research queries per month, while Pro users will see an increase from 100 to 120 queries per month.
Alongside the expanded rollout, OpenAI has introduced key improvements, including embedded images with citations for better insight and enhanced file understanding for more seamless document analysis. These updates aim to strengthen the tool’s reliability and usability.
This expansion comes just a week after Google rolled out its own similarly named deep research agent to all Gemini Advanced users, highlighting the growing competition between major AI companies to provide increasingly sophisticated research capabilities.