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Where Is Deep Research in ChatGPT? A professional overview
Jan 6, 2026
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OpenAI

Where Is Deep Research in ChatGPT? A professional overview

Over 2024–2025 ChatGPT and its sibling models shifted from being purely conversational LLMs to offering end-to-end deep research capabilities:

O4-Mini-Deep-Research API
Jan 6, 2026
o4-mini-deep-research

O4-Mini-Deep-Research API

O4-Mini-Deep-Research is OpenAI’s latest agentic reasoning model, combining the lightweight o4-mini backbone with the advanced Deep Research framework. Designed to deliver fast, cost-efficient deep information synthesis, it enables developers and researchers to perform automated web searches, data analysis, and chain-of-thought reasoning within a single API call.