o3-deep-research is a specialized variant of o3 designed for deep research tasks, capable of extended multi-step investigation, source synthesis, and comprehensive analysis on complex questions that require thorough exploration.
import { streamText } from 'ai'
const result = streamText({ model: 'openai/o3-deep-research', prompt: 'Why is the sky blue?'})o3-deep-research was released on June 26, 2024 as a specialized variant of the o3 reasoning model, designed specifically for deep research tasks. While standard o3 applies chain-of-thought reasoning to produce answers, o3-deep-research extends this approach to conduct multi-step investigation, exploring questions from multiple angles, synthesizing information from diverse sources, and building comprehensive analyses.
The model spends significantly more time per request than standard models, reflecting the depth of investigation it performs. Each response represents the result of an extended research process rather than a single-pass generation. This makes it unsuitable for real-time applications but valuable for tasks where thoroughness and comprehensiveness matter.
If you need comprehensive answers to complex questions, o3-deep-research automates the kind of deep investigation that previously required hours of manual research and synthesis.