Feb 03, Kathmandu- As China's DeepSeek chatbot intensifies competition in the AI ​​space, US tech giant OpenAI unveiled a chatbot tool called 'Deep Research' ahead of high-level meetings in Tokyo on Monday.

Artificial intelligence (artificial intelligence-AI) newcomer DeepSeek has set waves in Silicon Valley. Some have called its high performance and perceived low cost a wake-up call for American developers.

OpenAI's new tool "does in ten minutes what would take a human several hours." Its ChatGPT propelled the rise of generative AI into the public consciousness in 2022.

“You give it a prompt and ChatGPIT will search, analyze and synthesize hundreds of online sources to produce comprehensive research analyst-level reports,” the company said in a statement.

In a live video, OpenAI researchers demonstrated how the tool can crunch web search data to help recommend ski equipment for a snowy vacation in Japan.

OpenAI chief Sam Altman said the intensive research, which ‘pro’ ChatGP users can access up to 100 times a month, was ‘computationally intensive and slow’.

“But this is the first AI system that can perform such a wide range of complex, valuable tasks,” he wrote on social media platform X.

Altman is in Tokyo. In Tokyo, he will meet Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Masayoshi Son, head of Japanese tech investment giant SoftBank Group, on Monday.