OpenAI is announcing a new AI "agent" designed to help people conduct in-depth, complex research using ChatGPT, the company's AI-powered chatbot platform.

OpenAI has launched a ChatGPT agent called “deep research,” which can search the web for information and generate a report “at the level of a research analyst” while citing its work.

ChatGPT is getting a new deep research mode that will let users ask the chatbot to perform "multi-step research on the internet for complex tasks," OpenAI announced Sunday. Why it matters: It's another step toward fulfillment of the AI industry's promise that AI agents will soon be able to perform human tasks reliably,

SoftBank has committed to spending $3 billion per year to use OpenAI's tech, according to a joint release released on Monday.

TOKYO (Reuters) -SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son said on Monday he has agreed with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to set up a joint venture in Japan to offer artificial intelligence services to corporate customers.

SoftBank Group Corp.’s founder Masayoshi Son is taking the stage in Tokyo on Monday with Open AI chief Sam Altman, part of a global push to spur investment in AI-supporting infrastructure.