OpenAI launches cheaper ChatGPT subscription

OpenAI is expanding a low-cost subscription tier called ChatGPT Go to the US and the rest of the world. Go was released in India in August and later became available In another 170 countries Ahead of the global release on Friday. “In markets where Go is available, we’ve seen strong adoption and regular daily use for tasks like writing, learning, image creation, and problem solving,” the company’s announcement said.

For $8 per month, Go subscribers get more messages, file uploads, and image creation than ChatGPT free tier subscribers. Price brackets range from the free version of the AI ​​chatbot to the $20 per month “Plus” program Subscription class.

OpenAI says the Go layer is for people who want greater access to the company’s fast version of The latest AI model, GPT-5.2, is real-time. Currently, free users are limited to 10 messages with GPT‑5.2 every five hours – After that, the chats move to the “mini version” of the form. Additional subscribers receive 160 GPT‑5.2 messages every three hours. Given that the ad states that users will get “10x” messages, files, and photos compared to the free tier, we can guess that Go will get 100 messages using GPT-5.2 for who knows how many hours.

The announcement did not specify the number of file or image uploads available daily to Go users. OpenAI doesn’t provide the number of file or image uploads for any of its ChatGPT tiers: Free users have a “limited” number of file uploads and image creations, according to the pricing site, while Plus subscribers have a “check mark” listed instead of the amount.

The memory and context window for Go users will be larger than for Free users. Again, the exact numbers are not yet known. The current context window for nonsensical requests is 16KB for free users and 32KB for additional users, while both levels have a 196KB context window for inference.

OpenAI says it will “soon” start showing ads in Go in the US, while Plus and higher-priced subscriptions will remain ad-free.