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Mon. 02/03 – OpenAI Deep Research

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Brian McCullough

News, Technology, Daily News, Tech News

4.7984 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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OpenAI unveils Deep Research, an AI agent just for that. I’ll explain. Are Shein and Temu first up to feel the brunt of the new Trump tariffs? Apple canceled the AR project I assumed they would be pivoting toward. And the Beatles won a Grammy last night with the first AI augmented song to ever win a Grammy.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Tech meme right home from Monday, February 3rd, 2025. I'm Brian McCullough today. OpenAI unveils deep research, an AI agent just for that. I'll explain.

0:14.3

Are Shian and Temu first up to feel the brunt of the new Trump tariffs? Apple canceled the AI project, I assumed they would be pivoting toward,

0:21.6

and the Beatles won a Grammy last night with the first AI augmented song ever to win a Grammy.

0:26.9

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

0:32.7

Over the weekend, OpenAI unveiled deep research, an AI agent for creating in-depth reports,

0:39.5

available to $200 per month chat GPT pro subscribers, and limited to 100 queries per month,

0:47.0

quoting TechCrunch. OpenAI said in a blog post published Sunday that this new capability

0:51.5

was designed for people who do intensive knowledge work in areas

0:54.8

like finance, science, policy, and engineering, and need thorough, precise, and reliable research.

1:01.0

It can also be useful, the company added, for anyone making purchases that typically require

1:05.0

careful research like cars, appliances, and furniture. Basically, chat GPT, deep research

1:10.4

is intended for instances where you

1:12.4

don't just want a quick answer or summary, but instead need to assiduously consider information

1:17.6

for multiple websites and other sources, end quote. Quoting the verge. Instead of simply generating

1:23.8

text, it shows a summary of its process in a sidebar with citations and a summary

1:28.1

showing the process used for reference. Users can ask questions using text, images, and additional

1:33.3

files like PDFs or spreadsheets to add context, and then it will take anywhere from five to 30 minutes

1:39.0

to develop a response provided in the chat window with promises that in the future it will also be able to include

1:45.3

embedded images and charts. Open AI also notes limitations for deep research saying it can

1:50.8

sometimes hallucinate and makes up facts, struggle with telling the difference between

1:55.2

authoritative info and rumors, and register how certain it should rate a response, end quote. And quoting the Guardian. OpenAI said

2:04.2

deep research was for professionals who work in areas such as finance, science, and engineering,

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