April 25, 2011 - Artificial intelligence company OpenAI announced today that it will provide ChatGPT Plus, Team and Pro users launch their ChatGPT in-depth study（A lightweight version of the deep research tool.And it will also be available for ChatGPT free users.
The ChatGPT deep research tool allows you to browse the web and write a research report on a particular topic. According to OpenAI, the lightweight deep research tool is based on its o4-mini model.Although slightly less powerful than the full in-depth research version, it costs less and can help companies increase their user utilization limits...OpenAI said in a series of posts on the X platform, "Lighter versions of the answers are usually shorter, but still maintain the depth and quality that users expect." In addition, when a user reaches the usage limit of the original deep research version, the system will automatically switch to the lightweight version to ensure that the user can continue to use the feature.
1AI notes that deep research tools are now a key feature of major chatbot platforms, with several platforms including Google's Gemini, Microsoft's Copilot and xAI's Grok launching similar tools. At the heart of these tools are the reasoning AI models behind them, which are able to think logically to solve problems and perform self-fact-checking, which is essential for deep research on a topic.
OpenAI also revealed that ChatGPT's lightweight deep research tool will be available to enterprise and educational users next week, with usage limits aligned with Team users.