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ChatGPT Plus Is Now Free Until the End of May, but There’s a Catch



ChatGPT Plus can be free to entry for choose customers over the subsequent few weeks, OpenAI introduced on Friday. The AI agency’s ChatGPT Plus subscription tier sometimes prices $20 (roughly Rs. 1,700) per 30 days, however eligible customers will not should pay for entry to OpenAI’s deep analysis and a number of reasoning fashions and restricted entry to Sora video technology. The bottom paid subscription plan lifts limits on messaging or file uploads, and picture technology, whereas additionally providing restricted entry to Sora video technology.

ChatGPT Plus Free Entry for College students to Stay Accessible By way of Could

In a put up on X (previously Twitter), CEO Sam Altman introduced that the corporate will provide college students within the US and Canada free entry to ChatGPT Plus. That is a part of a restricted promotion that provides entry to the paid subscription without cost, till the top of Could, and particulars of the promotion can be found on the corporate’s support website.

In an effort to avail of the scholar promotion, college students have to be enrolled at a degree-granting college within the US or Canada. OpenAI requires customers to verify their student status by way of SheerID’s safe verification system earlier than claiming entry to the complimentary ChatGPT Plus subscription. College students who’re already paying for the service will get two months of entry at no extra price.

ChatGPT Plus Subscription Plan Advantages, Options

The free model of ChatGPT already gives entry to ChatGPT-4o mini, together with restricted entry to GPT-4o and o3-mini fashions, whereas the Plus subscription gives entry to deep analysis and a number of reasoning fashions. These embody o1, o3-mini, and o3-mini-high. The paid subscription additionally gives entry to a analysis preview of the GPT-4.5 mannequin that was introduced in February.

ChatGPT Plus additionally lets customers add extra recordsdata, ship extra messages, and generate extra photos than customers on the free tier. Subscribers even have entry to the superior voice mde with help for video and screensharing.

OpenAI additionally permits ChatGPT Plus subscribers to create customized GPTs and permits customers to check out upcoming options on the platform. A subscription to ChatGPT Plus additionally grants restricted entry to Sora video technology, which is not accessible on the free tier.