Openai introduces a new version of the Deep search tool for Chatgpt that it says is cheaper for work. The “lightweight” model is now available for free users, as well as those who are at many of the company’s paid levels.
Deep (lightweight) research is run from an Openai’s O4-MINI version. The company says It is “nearly smart” like The original deep search modeWhich produce long reports including categories and process summaries. Openai adds that the lightweight version provides “shorter responses while maintaining the depth and quality you expect.”
Although the standard deep search model remains exclusive to paid users, the light version is offered to free users now, which they can use for Five tasks per month. Users paid also get access, and they will start by default when they reach their price limits on the original deep search, which gives users in addition to a total of 25 monthly tasks across both versions, and institutions and education users will receive access to next week at the same limits by the Team and Plus team.
More importantly, for Openai, it says that the new version is “much cheaper” for operation, which is important in a world where Spend “Tens of millions of dollars” only to treat users who say please. Thank you.
