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OpenAI: o3 Deep Research

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o3-deep-research is OpenAI's advanced model for deep research, designed to tackle complex, multi-step research tasks. Note: This model always uses the 'web_search' tool which adds additional cost.

Avg Score

86.5%

17 answers

Avg Latency

362.7s

14 runs

Pricing

$10.00

input

/

$40.00

output

per 1M tokens

Context

200K

tokens

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import { OpenRouter } from "@openrouter/sdk";

const openrouter = new OpenRouter({
  apiKey: "<OPENROUTER_API_KEY>"
});

const completion = await openrouter.chat.completions.create({
  model: "openai/o3-deep-research",
  messages: [
    {
      role: "user",
      content: "Hello!"
    }
  ]
});

console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);

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