In early February, when OpenAI unveiled their new tool called Deep Research, the company indicated that it would be available for Plus users “in about a month.” Today, they are fulfilling that promise. The feature, designed for generating detailed reports on virtually any topic through ChatGPT, is now being rolled out to Plus, Team, Edu, and Enterprise subscribers. Prior to this, access to Deep Research required a $200 monthly Pro subscription.
At this time, Plus users will receive up to 10 Deep Research queries each month as part of their subscription. Meanwhile, Pro users will see an increase in their monthly limit to 120 queries, a rise from the previous cap of 100. OpenAI has also introduced enhancements to the tool’s functionality. ChatGPT will now include images along with citations, allowing for “richer insights.” Moreover, the system has improved its handling of various file types, which should enhance the quality of document analysis.
If you’re interested in trying out this new feature, simply craft your prompt as usual, and then click the Deep Research icon before submitting your request to OpenAI. Depending on the question’s complexity, ChatGPT may take anywhere from five to 30 minutes to return an answer. OpenAI has noted that Deep Research is “very compute intensive” at the moment, implying that it may take some time before Free users can access this capability.