OpenAI may be planning to launch several specialized AI "agent" products with different pricing tiers, including a $20,000 monthly tier focused on supporting "PhD-level research".
The term "PhD-level AI" refers to models that can perform tasks requiring doctoral-level expertise, such as advanced research, advanced coding, and generating comprehensive reports from large datasets.
OpenAI's o1 series models reportedly performed well in science, coding, and math tests, with results similar to human PhD students on challenging tasks.
OpenAI's Deep Research tool scored 26.6 percent on "Humanity's Last Exam," a comprehensive evaluation covering over 3,000 questions across more than 100 subjects.