Earlier today, OpenAI launched ChatGPT Pro, a $200 monthly subscription for its flagship product chatbot. This release is the first of many expected over the next 12 days, as the San Francisco startup has numerous announcements planned starting today.
Everything from OpenAI’s $20 monthly subscription is included at this price point, along with significantly more access to the GPT-4o and o1 artificial intelligence models. With a ChatGPT Pro Subscription– which will cost $2,400 for a full year – users can also use a proprietary model of OpenAI called o1 pro mode, which uses more computing power to process responses.
“ChatGPT power users, at this point, are really using it a lot and want more compute than $20 can buy,” CEO Sam Altman said at the press conference. video streaming announcing the new premium tier. Although the high price may shock many consumers, this subscription is aimed at hyper-engaged users who want almost unlimited access and researchers who want to potentially experiment with the use of ChatGPT for more complex and intensive tasks.
No changes to the pricing of OpenAI’s other subscription plans have been announced and the free option remains available. The startup’s first subscription option for its consumer chatbot, called ChatGPT Plus, initially launched in February last year for $20 per month, and remains at that price for now. At the Plus level, users unlock most of ChatGPT’s new features and generative AI models. These subscribers are also not limited in terms of rates by OpenAI as free users. The number of ChatGPT requests users can make per day, or the time they can spend chatting with ChatGPT’s best voice interface, is determined by their subscription level.
The company is targeting its new $200 monthly subscription at those who use OpenAI’s generative AI model for more technical work. “People will find o1 pro mode most useful for difficult math, science, or programming problems,” Jason Wei, a research scientist at OpenAI, said during the video stream. WIRED has not yet tried a ChatGPT Pro subscription to see how it handles these types of requests, although I look forward to testing the tool in an effort to help readers better understand its strengths and limitations, to like our previous work on ChatGPT Plusas well as its specificities, such as Advanced voice mode And AI Web Browsing.
Although ChatGPT Pro subscribers receive what OpenAI calls “unlimited access” to the o1 model, GPT-4o model, and Advanced Voice Mode functionality, the startup is clear. conditions of use still apply. Therefore, actions such as sharing an account between multiple people or using the Pro plan to power your own service are not permitted and may get your account banned. Users can request a refund of the $200 subscription within the first two weeks of purchase if they are not satisfied, through the OpenAI website. online help center.
In addition to ChatGPT Pro, OpenAI announced that the model o1which focuses on “reasoning” capabilities and multi-step processing of user input, is no longer available in limited preview. According to the startup, this fully released o1 model answers questions faster, can now accept images as input, and makes fewer errors. The startup plans to add web browsing and file upload features to ChatGPT’s o1 setting in the future.
As the end of the year approaches, OpenAI is expected to continue releasing new AI features. Report from The Verge suggests that these end-of-year releases could include OpenAI’s highly anticipated generative AI video model, Sora. It’s possible that some of these impending announcements will also provide more information about how Altman envisions AI agents, the tools that can perform online tasks on your behalf, and the company’s goals for the future. horizon 2025.