OpenAI announced that starting next week, users on its ChatGPT free and Go tiers will be able to hold unlimited text chats with the chatbot. Currently, those tiers can hit rate limits when running many text conversations, but according to OpenAI, those text-specific limits will be removed. Messages that include file uploads and images will continue to face limits.
OpenAI also said it is adding a “Think” button for free and Go users next week, which is intended to provide access to higher reasoning for more difficult questions. The company noted an additional upgrade to ChatGPT for those users this week.
Why it matters
Removing text rate limits changes how much lower-tier users can rely on ChatGPT without interruption, while the new reasoning option gives free and Go users a way to handle harder queries.
Who should care
ChatGPT users on the free and Go tiers are the direct audience for these changes, since the updates target their usage limits and available features.