Informed i’s Weekly Business Insights
Extractive summaries and key takeaways from the articles carefully curated from TOP TEN BUSINESS MAGAZINES to promote informed business decision-making | Since 2017 | Week 386 | January 31- February 6, 2025 | Archive
OpenAI’s new agent can compile detailed reports on practically any topic
By Rhiannon Williams | MIT Tech Review | February 3, 2025
Extractive Summary of the Article | Listen
3 key takeaways from the article
- OpenAI has launched a new agent capable of conducting complex, multistep online research into everything from scientific studies to personalized bike recommendations at what it claims is the same level as a human analyst. The tool, called Deep Research, is powered by a version of OpenAI’s o3 reasoning model that’s been optimized for web browsing and data analysis. It can search and analyze massive quantities of text, images, and PDFs to compile a thoroughly researched report.
- OpenAI claims the tool represents a significant step toward its overarching goal of developing artificial general intelligence (AGI) that matches (or surpasses) human performance. It says that what takes the tool “tens of minutes” would take a human many hours.
- This doesn’t mean that Deep Research is immune from the pitfalls that befall other AI models. OpenAI says the agent can sometimes hallucinate facts and present its users with incorrect information, albeit at a “notably” lower rate than ChatGPT.
(Copyright lies with the publisher)
Topics: Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Analysis, Deep Research, OpenAI
Click for the extractive summary of the articleOpenAI has launched a new agent capable of conducting complex, multistep online research into everything from scientific studies to personalized bike recommendations at what it claims is the same level as a human analyst.
The tool, called Deep Research, is powered by a version of OpenAI’s o3 reasoning model that’s been optimized for web browsing and data analysis. It can search and analyze massive quantities of text, images, and PDFs to compile a thoroughly researched report.
OpenAI claims the tool represents a significant step toward its overarching goal of developing artificial general intelligence (AGI) that matches (or surpasses) human performance. It says that what takes the tool “tens of minutes” would take a human many hours.
In response to a single query, such as “Draw me up a competitive analysis between streaming platforms,” Deep Research will search the web, analyze the information it encounters, and compile a detailed report that cites its sources. It’s also able to draw from files uploaded by users.
OpenAI developed Deep Research using the same “chain of thought” reinforcement-learning methods it used to create its o1 multistep reasoning model. But while o1 was designed to focus primarily on mathematics, coding, or other STEM-based tasks, Deep Research can tackle a far broader range of subjects. It can also adjust its responses in reaction to new data it comes across in the course of its research.
This doesn’t mean that Deep Research is immune from the pitfalls that befall other AI models. OpenAI says the agent can sometimes hallucinate facts and present its users with incorrect information, albeit at a “notably” lower rate than ChatGPT. And because each question may take between five and 30 minutes for Deep Research to answer, it’s very compute intensive—the longer it takes to research a query, the more computing power required.
Despite that, Deep Research is now available at no extra cost to subscribers to OpenAI’s paid Pro tier and will soon roll out to its Plus, Team, and Enterprise users.
show less