Early today, OpenAI We launched ChatGPT Pro, a $200 monthly subscription to our flagship chatbot. This release is the first of many expected over the next 12 days, as the San Francisco startup has a number of announcements planned for today.
This pricing tier includes everything in OpenAI’s $20/month subscription, plus significant access to GPT-4o and o1 artificial intelligence models. With a ChatGPT Pro subscription (costing $2,400 annually), users can also use OpenAI’s exclusive model called o1 Pro mode, which unleashes more computing power to process answers.
“Right now, ChatGPT’s power users are using ChatGPT a lot and want more computing than $20 can buy,” CEO Sam Altman said during a video broadcast announcing the new premium tier. stated. While the high price tag may be a shock to many consumers, this subscription is ideal for enthusiasts who want near-unlimited access and who want to experiment with using ChatGPT for more complex and intensive tasks. It is aimed at researchers who are
No pricing changes have been announced for OpenAI’s other subscription plans, and the free option remains available. The startup’s first subscription option for its consumer chatbot, called ChatGPT Plus, originally launched last February at $20 per month and remains at that price. The Plus level gives users access to most of ChatGPT’s new features and generative AI models. These subscribers are also not rate limited by OpenAI as much as free users. The number of ChatGPT requests a user can make per day, or the amount of time they can spend conversing using ChatGPT’s best voice interface, is determined by their subscription tier.
The company is offering a new $200 monthly subscription for users who use OpenAI’s generative AI models for more technical work. “People will find o1 Pro mode most useful for difficult math, science, and programming problems,” OpenAI research scientist Jason Way said during the video stream. WIRED has not yet tried the ChatGPT Pro subscription directly to see how it handles these types of requests, but as with our past work with ChatGPT Plus, we hope our readers can better understand its strengths and limitations. I look forward to testing this tool as part of my understanding. , in addition to certain features like advanced voice modes and AI web browsing.
ChatGPT Pro subscribers receive what OpenAI calls “unlimited access” to o1 models, GPT-4o models, and advanced voice mode features, but the startup says its terms of service still apply. We make it clear that Therefore, sharing your account or using a Pro plan to power your own service is not allowed and may result in your account being banned. Users can request a refund for their $200 subscription through OpenAI’s online help center within the first two weeks of purchase.
In addition to ChatGPT Pro, OpenAI announced that its o1 model, which focuses on “inference” capabilities and multi-step processing of user input, is no longer in limited preview. The fully released o1 model now answers questions faster, can accept images as input, and has fewer errors, according to the startup. The company plans to add web browsing and file upload capabilities to ChatGPT’s o1 configuration in the future.
As the year draws to a close, OpenAI is expected to continue announcing new AI capabilities. A report from The Verge suggests that these year-end releases may include Sora, OpenAI’s highly anticipated generative AI video model. Some of these impending announcements include more about how Altman is thinking about AI agents, tools that could potentially perform online tasks on behalf of users, and the company’s focus for 2025. It may also provide insight.
