Google hasn't been shy in pushing out new AI tools and features in recent months, from Gemini in Gmail to AI-hosted podcasts. One of the latest innovations unveiled is Google Deep Research, which essentially lets Google's Gemini AI loose on the web, with a mission to thoroughly research a topic of your choice. Imagine there's something you need to do that would normally require a lot of Googling: It could be finding the best phone to upgrade to, for example, or trying to understand how a self-driving car is put together, or charting out the history of Scotland in the 17th century. Deep Research can take on any kind of challenge like this. It's what's known as an "agentic feature"--a trending term in AI that basically means these bots get more agency and control over what they're doing.