OpenAI announced that Deep Research based on ChatGPT o4-mini will be available to all Free users, while everyone else will get higher limits.
I’ve been using ChatGPT Deep Research for all sorts of tasks that require a more thorough search of the internet for answers, and I’ve been mostly happy with the results. The AI puts out detailed reports about the topic, and it includes sources to verify its accuracy. For example, I used ChatGPT Deep Research to visit Tokyo and wouldn’t do it any other way. I’ll do the same thing when I travel elsewhere.
My only worry is that I’ll reach the ChatGPT Deep Research limits before the end of each month. I pay for ChatGPT Plus, and my subscription tier only includes 10 Deep Research queries a month. Well, that used to be the case until this week’s big upgrade.
OpenAI decided to bring the Deep Research feature to ChatGPT Free users and raised the limits for premium accounts at the same time. That’s great news, but it comes with a caveat. Not all these Deep Research reports will be the same quality, and that’s something that users will definitely need to keep in mind.
“We’ve noticed many of you love using Deep Research, so we’re expanding usage for Plus, Team, and Pro users by introducing a lightweight version of deep research in order to increase current rate limits,” OpenAI said on X.
