How to Use ChatGPT’s Deep Research to Save HOURS on Research

ChatGPT deep research is a new feature that takes AI-assisted research to another level. If you’ve ever used AI to help with academic writing, you know it can be a mixed bag—sometimes useful, but often lacking the depth needed for serious research.


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With deep research OpenAI has introduced a tool that aims to change that, providing a more structured and detailed approach to gathering information.

In this video, I explore what OpenAI deep research actually does, how it works, and whether it’s worth the investment. It’s designed to provide more comprehensive responses by sourcing and structuring information in a way that feels closer to what a researcher would do manually. But is it really up to academic standards? And can it actually save time for students, PhD candidates, and researchers? I put it to the test by comparing its output to previous versions of ChatGPT and evaluating how well it handles tasks like writing a literature review and generating structured academic content.

One of the biggest questions people have is how to access ChatGPT deep research. Right now, it’s an additional paid feature, but OpenAI is rolling it out in stages, and it may become more widely available over time. If you’re curious about whether it’s worth trying, I break down exactly how to use it and what kind of results you can expect.

This isn’t just about AI getting better at answering questions—it’s about how tools like this will shape the future of research. As AI improves, the way we conduct research, write papers, and even think about academic work is changing. But with those changes come important questions: Can AI truly replace traditional research? What are the limitations of relying on AI-generated literature reviews? And how do we ensure the sources it finds are reliable?

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00:00 Intro
00:08 Deep Research Overview
00:27 Humanity's Last Exam
01:17 What Former ChatGPT looked like
02:10 The Deep Search Button
04:57 Structure and References
07:12 Writing Literature Review - Introduction
11:24 Limitations
13:30 Outro

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