Subj : Sam Altman says the super-powerful ChatGPT-5 Pro might be coming
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Mon Aug 11 2025 18:15:07

Sam Altman says the super-powerful ChatGPT-5 Pro might be coming to Plus 
accounts, but with one big limitation

Date:
Mon, 11 Aug 2025 17:06:38 +0000

Description:
Sam Altman's latest tweet suggests that ChatGPT-5 Pro will soon be available 
for Plus users.

FULL STORY
======================================================================Altman's
 tweet suggests that ChatGPT-5 Pro is coming to Plus subscribers It will be 
limited to a few queries a month The move would add more confusion to the 
ChatGPT Plus model selector 

Following the backlash against OpenAI removing ChatGPT-4o when it introduced 
ChatGPT-5, the AI giant has now restored access to ChatGPT-4o, but only for 
ChatGPT Plus subscribers. 

Free tier users are limited to just ChatGPT-5 for now, but it seems that CEO 
Sam Altman and OpenAI arent done making changes to its LLM lineup just yet. 

In reply to a post on X praising how good GPT-5 Pro is, Altman responded, We 
are considering giving a (very) small number of GPT-5 Pro queries each month 
to Plus subscribers so they can try it out! we are considering giving a 
(very) small number of GPT-5 pro queries each month to plus subscribers so 
they can try it out! i like it too.but yeah if you wanna pay us $1k a month 
for 2x the input tokens feels like we should find a way to make that 
happen... https://t.co/9qC0rsDl6z August 11, 2025 

Plus users currently get a choice between ChatGPT-5 for fast answers and 
ChatGPT-5 Thinking for slower, but more thoughtful answers. ChatGPT Pro is 
essentially the best of both worlds, delivering thoughtful answers at speed. 

Making even a few queries a month available to Plus users would represent a 
serious added value to the $20 (20 / AU$30) monthly subscription. OpenAI 
describes ChatGPT-5 Pro as research grade AI, and its currently only 
available to $200 (200 / AU$300) a month ChatGPT Pro subscribers. The current 
Plus user selection box, with GPT-4o added. (Image credit: Future) Model 
confusion 

Before I get too excited, perhaps it's worth noting the word considering is 
contained in Altmans tweet, and means that this isnt definitely going to 
happen. However, if Altman thinks its a good idea, then, being the CEO, he 
can probably make it happen. 

Part of the ethos of ChatGPT-5 was to do away with the confusing LLM line-up 
and naming conventions that had arisen around ChatGPT-4. The streamlined 
ChatGPT-5 was supposed to simplify all the different options and 
intelligently decide which version of the model your query would best respond 
to. 

By giving Plus users access to ChatGPT-5 Pro, in addition to reintroducing 
ChatGPT-4o, we will essentially be back in the same old situation where 
people are given too much choice about which model to use, meaning that 
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into infinite loops of self-loathing  and AI chatbots have never felt more 
human



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/chatgpt/sam-altman-says-the-
super-powerful-chatgpt-5-pro-might-be-coming-to-plus-accounts-but-with-one-big
-limitation


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