Introducing GPT-4o and More Tools to ChatGPT Free Users
OpenAI is launching GPT-4o, its newest flagship model, and expanding access to additional capabilities for free-tier ChatGPT users. This represents a significant democratization move, bringing frontier model capabilities to users without a paid subscription. The announcement signals OpenAI's strategy to broaden its user base while maintaining competitive pressure on rivals.
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OpenAI Spring Update: GPT-4o Announced, Expanded Free ChatGPT Capabilities
OpenAI announced GPT-4o, a new flagship model, alongside an expansion of capabilities available to free-tier ChatGPT users. GPT-4o represents a new omnimodal architecture capable of handling text, audio, and vision in a unified model. The announcement was made via a live demo event and marks a significant shift in OpenAI's product and model strategy.
Introducing ChatGPT Pro
OpenAI announced ChatGPT Pro, a new subscription tier aimed at broadening access to frontier AI capabilities. The announcement comes from OpenAI's official blog and signals a product and pricing strategy move to expand usage of their most advanced models. Details on specific model access, pricing, and feature differentiation were not included in the provided body text.
Introducing ChatGPT Go, now available worldwide
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Go as a new globally available subscription tier, providing access to GPT-5.2 Instant with higher usage limits and extended memory capabilities. The offering is positioned as a more affordable entry point to advanced AI features for users worldwide. This represents a new pricing and access tier in OpenAI's consumer product lineup.
Introducing GPTs: Custom Versions of ChatGPT
OpenAI announced GPTs, a feature allowing users to create customized versions of ChatGPT by combining custom instructions, additional knowledge, and selectable capabilities. GPTs can be built without coding and are designed for specific use cases, ranging from personal productivity to enterprise deployment. OpenAI also announced a forthcoming GPT Store where creators can share and potentially monetize their GPTs.
Introducing ChatGPT
OpenAI announced ChatGPT, a conversational model trained to engage in dialogue, answer follow-up questions, acknowledge errors, challenge incorrect premises, and decline inappropriate requests. The model's dialogue format represented a significant step in making large language models accessible and interactive for general users. This November 2022 launch marked a pivotal moment in public AI adoption.
GPT-4 Release
OpenAI released GPT-4, a large multimodal model accepting image and text inputs and producing text outputs. The model demonstrates human-level performance on various professional and academic benchmarks. It represents OpenAI's latest milestone in scaling deep learning.
GPT-5.1: A smarter, more conversational ChatGPT
OpenAI is rolling out GPT-5.1, an upgrade to the GPT-5 series, beginning with paid users on November 12, 2025. The update emphasizes warmer conversational tone, improved capabilities, and new options for customizing ChatGPT's tone and style. No specific benchmark results or architectural details are provided in the announcement.
OpenAI Retiring GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and o4-mini from ChatGPT in February 2026
OpenAI announced that on February 13, 2026, it will retire GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and o4-mini from ChatGPT, alongside the previously announced retirement of GPT-5 variants (Instant, Thinking, and Pro). The retirements apply only to the ChatGPT product interface; API access to these models is unaffected at this time. This signals a consolidation of the ChatGPT model lineup, likely in favor of newer or more capable successors.