Leading generative artificial intelligence company OpenAI unveiled a new AI tool on Sunday named "Deep Research," designed to perform multi-step online research for complex tasks. The tool leverages a specialized version of OpenAI's upcoming o3 model, tailored for web browsing and data analysis. Users can input a prompt, and OpenAI's ChatGPT will search, analyze, and synthesize various online sources—including text, images, and PDFs—to generate a detailed report comparable to the work of a research analyst.

OpenAI highlighted the tool's efficiency, stating, "It accomplishes in tens of minutes what would take a human many hours." However, the company also noted that Deep Research is still in its early stages and has certain limitations. For instance, it may struggle to differentiate authoritative information from rumors and currently has challenges with confidence calibration, often failing to accurately convey uncertainty.

Deep Research is now available on the web version of ChatGPT and is expected to be rolled out to mobile and desktop apps by the end of February.