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

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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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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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