After DeepSeek’s release, the pressure on OpenAI to prove its value was on. It wasn’t just about the cost, but their efficiency and mode of doing things were in question.
These are heavy perceptions that OpenAI has to deal with. Perhaps to silence the naysayers, OpenAI launched an agentic model called the DeepResearch. The model is supposed to be completely autonomous and will do your work for you.
The core of the agentic would be to research, collate data, and provide reasoning on the given prompt. These complex tasks would be done in under “5-30 minutes” and would do work that would take a normal human being many hours of extensive intellectual labor.
In its examples, DeepResearch scanned the web for valid information based on the prompts it was given. It can also create data based on dubious and vague prompts— although these prompts still need to have some basis for it to go on.
For this agentic model, OpenAI hopes that the information it creates can be used as a standalone work product. i.e., the information itself is a valuable commodity.
The model will be able to collect data and create its speculations on the knowledge it has acquired, making the model unique in its own right. As OpenAI puts it: –
“The ability to synthesize knowledge is a prerequisite for creating new knowledge. For this reason, deep research marks a significant step toward our broader goal of developing AGI, which we have long envisioned as capable of producing novel scientific research.”
What we are looking at could very well be the birth of AGI. A knowledge system that doesn’t just do what it’s told but self-directs and questions itself.
The implications for this are unparalleled.
OpenAI has been moving fast, Lightning-like almost, in its pursuit of AGI. While we, as readers and spectators, cannot confirm the underlying technology behind DeepResearch— looking at it, it seems that OpenAI is a few steps closer.
What does this mean for the workforce? If it becomes 100% accurate and understands even the emotional nuances behind the research, then what about jobs like that of a paralegal or corporate researcher and financial analyst?
But it seems Pandora’s Box has already been opened.