The Deep Research Illusion: How AI Agents Stumble Through the Information Maze — Human in the Loop

The Deep Research Illusion: How AI Agents Stumble Through the Information Maze — Human in the Loop

The Deep Research Illusion: How AI Agents Stumble Through the Information Maze The promise arrived wrapped in marketing speak: AI research assistants that could scour the internet, synthesise knowledge, and deliver comprehensive reports within minutes. OpenAI called it “Deep Research.” Anthropic branded it “Extended Thinking.” Google offered “Search + Pro,” whilst Perplexity promised “Pro Search.” Each claimed to herald a new era of automated re…