BIOS Weekly Dev Update #2: Plan Mode, Branch Off, Rich Citations & More What’s New: • Plan Mode: BIOS asks clarifying questions before starting, then presents a research plan you can approve or refine until it matches your intent. • Branch Off: Duplicate research paths and branch off in a different direction, allowing you to modify the objective without losing your original work. • Paper Generation Improvements: Reworked the paper generation pipeline to enhance precision and enable richer citations. Coming: • Thinking: Real-time reasoning updates with streaming visibility into ongoing tasks. • Chat Mode v2: To assist better before or after diving into deep research. • OpenAlex + Semantic Scholar Indexing: Enable researchers to query 500M+ papers.