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Why OpenAI isn’t bringing deep research to its API just yet


OpenAI says it won't bring the model powering its deep research tool to its API while the lab reconsiders how it tests for persuasion risk.

In an OpenAI whitepaper published Wednesday, the company wrote that it’s in the process of revising its methods for probing models for “real-world persuasion risks,” like distributing misleading info at scale. OpenAI noted that it doesn’t believe the deep research model is a good fit for mass misinformation or disinformation campaigns, owing to its high computing costs and relatively slow speed. On election day in Taiwan, a Chinese Communist Party-affiliated group posted AI-generated, misleading audio of a politician throwing his support behind a pro-China candidate.

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