- Chatgpt’s deep research function can now export reports such as PDFs
- The PDFs come complete with tables, pictures and quotes
- This update makes it easier to archive, share and even reuse chatgpts research into other tools
I’ve spent a lot of time experimenting with chatgpt’s deep research feature, and I’ve produced all kinds of strange (though comprehensive) reports. However, there has always been a remarkable gap in its functionality so far. Openai has increased the deep research function with the ability to export your reports as fully formatted PDFs. No more chatgpt -links or screens are needed to share what I’ve learned about Lake George Monster.
It is a small interface upgrade, but one that feels like it should have been built into deep research from the start. This is how it works. You make your deep research report or pull up a while ago, and then click the delicon on top of the page. You will see that the usual ‘Share Link’ button now has a companion ‘Download as PDF’ button. A click and your report will be a fully formed, quotation-rich PDF in your download folder.
This export setting is not universally available at the moment. You need a subscription to Chatgpt Plus, Team or Pro. Business and education users don’t have it yet, but Openai said it’s coming soon. That’s good, as students and professionals are among those I would bet would use deep research the most.
Deep Pdf
You can now export your deep research reports as well-formatted PDFs-comply with tables, images, interconnected quotes and sources. Click on the Del icon and select ‘Download as PDF.’ It works for both new and previous reports. pic.twitter.com/Kecir4teneMay 12, 2025
With downloadable PDFs, you can finally do all the things you would expect to do with your research. It can mean putting it with other research projects, sharing it with teammates or just attaching it to an e -mail as part of an effort you want to win.
So yes, this is just a PDF button. But it is a PDF button that solves what used to be one of chatgpt’s more frustrating aspects. Now, with downloadable PDFs, you can finally do all the things you would expect to do with your research: Archive it, share it with teammates, attach it to an e -mail or even – this is my new favorite – upload it to another AI.
Yes, really. With PDF in my hand, I jumped it into Gemini’s notebooklm, Google’s own experimental research assistant. Suddenly, AI summarized my deep research report, made flashcards and suggested related reading. Then I tried to upload the same PDF to a podcast tool and got an AI-generated episodescript out of it. Which means in a roundabout way, Chatgpt just became a content pipeline. One that exports research and lets other tools remix it to the format you need.
And that’s a huge deal.
Because the more AI tools we use, the more we need bridges between them. Openai does not have to be the all -app, but it has to be interoperable. Giving users a PDF option is low hanging fruit, determined, but it is also the kind of fruit that allows you to bake a brand new circle. It makes deep research laptop. It gives it legs. This means that I do not have to keep 14 tabs open just to refer to a well -organized write -up about the history of the Japanese vending machines.
Of course, Openai’s implementation still has quirks. It’s a little confusing that the “Download as PDF” setting is not in the Main Chat Share menu. Most people assume it’s not there unless they know where to click. And for a company whose full pitch is about reducing friction and increasing clarity, the burial of this behind another share icon feels weird outside the brand. Still, I will take “slightly hidden but fully functional” over “completely missing” any day.
More importantly, this change signalizes something else: Openai listens. Maybe not always fast. Maybe not always intuitively. But probably people have definitely asked for this (or screaming about it on Reddit) that it finally happened. And in a product landscape where most updates feel like AI models that argue who is better at summarizing Aristotle, it is refreshing to get a feature that solves a real problem.
