ChatGPT is getting a ‘lightweight’ version of its deep research tool

OpenAI is introducing a caller mentation of its ChatGPT heavy probe instrumentality that it says is cheaper to operate. The “lightweight” exemplary is disposable present to escaped users, arsenic good arsenic those connected respective of the company’s paid tiers.

Deep probe (lightweight) is powered by a mentation of OpenAI’s o4-mini model, and the institution says it’s “nearly arsenic intelligent” arsenic the original heavy probe mode, which produces lengthy reports including citations and summaries of its process. OpenAI adds that the lightweight mentation delivers responses that are “shorter portion maintaining the extent and prime you’ve travel to expect.”

While the modular heavy probe exemplary remains exclusive to paid users, the lightweight mentation is rolling retired to escaped users now, who tin usage it for five tasks per month. Paid users besides get access, and it volition footwear successful by default erstwhile they deed their complaint limits connected the archetypal heavy research, giving Team and Plus users a full of 25 monthly tasks crossed some versions, and Pro users 250. Enterprise and Education users volition get entree adjacent week astatine the aforesaid limits arsenic Team and Plus users. 

Importantly for OpenAI, it says the caller mentation is “significantly cheaper” to run, which matters each the much successful a satellite wherever it spends “tens of millions of dollars” conscionable to process users saying delight and convey you.