- Livian deep investigation is being implemented to free level users
- It is based on the chatgpt 4o-mini model
- In addition, users will also have access to it after reaching their limits of use
It is the news that all free chatgpt users have been waiting: deep research is finally reaching the free level of Chatgpt. However, the new version of the popular research tool is not the same as the one currently enjoyed by PRO, Plus, Equipment and Business Users.
The new deep research, which is being implemented for all free level users as of today, is described by OpenAi as ‘light’. It is driven by a version of Chatgpt O4-MINI in contrast to existing deep research, which works with a version of Chatgpt-O3.
Operai describes the new light and deep research as “almost as intelligent as the deep research that people already know and love, while it is significantly cheaper to serve.”
In a tweet on the subject, Openai shared a graph that shows precision rates for the new light research compared to the original deep research and the O3 model.
The bad news is that free level users will be restricted to five uses per month, so do not click on the deep research button (when you get it) unless you really need to use it.
Expand use limits for more users
At the same time, Openai says that it is expanding its use limits for deep research for existing plus and equipment users. However, it seems that after its 10 monthly uses have been used, the ‘expansion’ is achieved by giving access to the light version.
After the limits of use in the deep research of original Chatgpt have been reached, people will automatically change to the light version of deep research and obtain another 15 additional uses per month, which leads to some chatgpt users in X accusing the company of being a poor value compared to Google Gemini, which allows up to 20 uses per day for its deep research tool Free Gemini users.
Chatgpt Pro users obtain 125 deep research uses per month, with 125 additional light uses per month, while business users simply obtain 10 uses of original deep research per month.
Use of deep research
To use deep investigation, simply select the ‘deep research’ button while using chatgpt.
Deep research has agent qualities, which means that you can give you a task and continue to investigate for you, under your own steam, until you have completed the task, producing a complete report with appointments.
The reports may take several minutes to generate and involve the search for sources on the web, which makes deep research more suitable for answering complex questions, instead of the usual round trip that people have with chatbots of AI.
I discovered that deep research works best for issues such as literature reviews, market research or to help me make decisions of great life such as deciding where to live.
The news comes after the announcement that chatgpt plus, equipment and business users are obtaining extended use limits, with 100 minutes of use of chatgpt-O3 per week and 300 minutes of Chatgpt O4-mini per day.
