OpenAI Expands Deep Research Access to Broader User Base

Deep Research, a powerful AI research tool, is now available to ChatGPT Plus, Team, Education, and Enterprise users with limited monthly queries.

OpenAI's Deep Research tool, previously exclusive to Pro users, is now accessible to Plus, Team, Education, and Enterprise subscribers, offering 10 queries per month compared to Pro's 120.
Deep Research leverages OpenAI's o3 model to autonomously gather, analyze, and synthesize information from diverse online sources into detailed reports within 30 minutes.
The tool excels in complex reasoning tasks, scoring 26.6% on the challenging 'Humanity’s Last Exam' benchmark, outperforming competitors like Google, Anthropic, and DeepSeek.
Despite its capabilities, Deep Research has limitations, including potential hallucinations, consensus bias, and reliance on publicly available web content, necessitating human oversight.
The expanded rollout reflects OpenAI's strategic effort to balance accessibility with its subscription-based revenue model, while competing with open-source and alternative AI tools like DeepSeek and Google Gemini.