Research Agents (Deep Research)

OpenAI's Deep Research, Google's Gemini Deep Research, and Anthropic's Research mode all read dozens of sources and synthesize a report..

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Research Agents (Deep Research)

OpenAI's Deep Research, Google's Gemini Deep Research, and Anthropic's Research mode all read dozens of sources and synthesize a report.

A research agent task that used to take a human 4 hours can now finish in 10 minutes.

Three uses for research agents

Comparing products before a big purchase
Summarizing literature for a school project
Tracking news on a specific topic over weeks

Key terms in this lesson

The big idea: Research agents do hours of reading in minutes — but always check the sources they cite.

Practice this safely

Try this with a school, hobby, or family example where the stakes are low. Use the AI output as a draft you can question, not as the final answer.

1Ask AI to explain deep research in plain language, then underline anything that sounds uncertain or too broad.
2Give it one detail from "Research Agents (Deep Research)" and ask for two possible next steps plus one reason each step might be wrong.
3Check source citation against a trusted source, teacher, adult, expert, or original document before you use it.

End-of-lesson quiz

Check what stuck

8 questions · Score saves to your progress.

Lesson help

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