ChatGPT's Deep Research is a promising intern
New "deep research" tools from OpenAI and Google offer utility today and hint at generative AI's broader potential, but have some important limits. Why it matters: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has said he thinks the company's product — which takes users' assignments and files lengthy research reports in 5 to 25 minutes — "can do a single-digit percentage of all economically valuable tasks in the world.