OpenAI’s new tool, Deep Research, is a game-changer for businesses looking to streamline their data-gathering tasks. This advanced AI agent can tackle complex research tasks that would normally take days or weeks of human effort, completing them in just minutes.
The tool is designed to assist professionals in areas like finance, science, and law with intense knowledge work, and researchers with thorough, precise, and reliable research. It’s particularly good at finding niche information across multiple websites.
To use the tool, users ask it to gather data on a specific topic, adding images, files, or extra data as needed. The AI will sometimes prompt for specific information to create a more focused answer, and the final report is fully documented with clear citations to sources.
According to OpenAI’s chief product officer, Kevin Weil, Deep Research can complete complex research tasks in 5-30 minutes, saving users up to 15 times the time it would take a human. This has sparked excitement among users on Reddit, who have seen the tool complete research tasks that would normally take days or weeks of work.
The implications are significant: if AI models like Deep Research can perform entire office jobs in a single day, the cost of labor could rapidly approach zero for certain job sectors. As one user noted, “Pro user here…the insights it provided frankly I think would have taken an absolute expert at least an entire day of straight work and research to put together.”
While this may reignite concerns about AI replacing jobs, Deep Research has the potential to transform many office tasks by freeing up staff to respond to data delivered from research tasks rather than spending time trawling for information.
Source: https://www.inc.com/kit-eaton/heres-how-openais-new-deep-research-tool-could-change-your-workplace/91143194