Today, Researcher—Microsoft 365 Copilot's deep research agent for work—takes a significant step forward. Designed to tackle complex research in the flow of work, Researcher now goes further with two ...
![DRACO (Deep Research Accuracy, Completeness, and Objectivity) benchmark scores across 100 complex research tasks spanning 10 domains. All results are sourced from the original paper [Zhong et al., arXiv:2602.11685 (Feb. 2026)], except for Researcher with Critique. Researcher with Critique achieves a substantial improvement of +7.0 points (SEM ±1.90) in the aggregated score, +13.88% over Perplexity Deep Research (Claude Opus 4.6 model), the best system reported in the paper.](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/s/gxcuf89792/images/bS00NTA2MDExLUVOVHhMNg?image-dimensions=450x600&constrain-image=true)
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