“What you get from deep research is a comprehensive, fully cited research paper, essentially something that an analyst or an expert in a field might produce to you,” OpenAI Chief Research Officer Mark Chen said during a demo of the new deep research tool.

On the heels of its o3 mini release, OpenAI announced a new ChatGPT agent for handling in-depth research. Appropriately, it's called "deep research."

Described as “an agent that uses reasoning to synthesize large amounts of online information and complete multi-step research tasks for you,” deep research is now available to users on ChatGPT’s $200 per month Pro plan; Plus and Team plans are next in the queue to receive access, with Enterprise users following.

Sam Altman-led OpenAI launched its latest generative AI (artificial intelligence) model “Deep Research” to counter the growing competition from

ChatGPT creator OpenAI warned last week that Chinese companies were actively attempting to replicate its advanced AI models.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Monday told reporters in Tokyo that there was no plan to sue Chinese start-up DeepSeek for now, and admitted that it was 'certainly an impressive model.'

Sam Altman described DeepSeek as an impressive model, but said that OpenAI would continue to push forward and deliver great products.