How to Use GPT-4o? Are All Features Free?

OpenAI held its much-anticipated spring event on Monday evening. At the event, the new flagship language model that will power ChatGPT GPT-4o had been introduced. However, the news that pleased users the most was that this model, which comes with many important innovations, was offered free of charge.

OpenAI’s announcement that it will begin bringing GPT-4o to free users has caused some confusion on social media over the past few days. Users, of GPT-4o how to use, What is GPT-3.5?, Details about the new voice mode They didn’t quite understand. We answered all these questions in this content.

What is GPT-4o? What are the differences with GPT-3.5?

GPT-4o is the new technology introduced by OpenAI on May 13. large language model (LLM) name This model powers the ChatGPT chatbot that you use from your phone or desktop. So the bot’s capabilities come from this model.

GPT 3.5 is also a language model, but it is old. OpenAI introduced this model in 2022. GPT-3.5, In the free version of ChatGPT is offered. So currently, everyone who uses ChatGPT without paying is benefiting from GPT-3.5. Plus, that is, paying subscribers, use the model called GPT-4, which was introduced in March 2023.

Free users now get the new version instead of GPT 3.5 GPT-4o they will be able to use. In addition to outperforming existing models, GPT-4o 2x faster. Plus a multi-model AI model built-in. this too audio, text and image It means that he can understand and produce content. It can also provide responses that are less delayed and feel much more human. For example, in voice mode, the person who is almost at the same level as a human As low as 232 milliseconds capable of responding.

Will we be able to use all features unlimitedly for free in GPT-4o?

We said that GPT-4o will be free to use. However, unfortunately, you will not be able to use these features unlimitedly. Features of the company that are normally paid but are free thanks to GPT-4o (internet access, file uploading, etc.), free of charge within certain daily limits can be used. Once you reach this limitation ChatGPT It will automatically revert to GPT 3.5. OpenAI hasn’t announced what the limitations will be for GPT-4o, but once you reach it, you’ll need to be a Plus subscriber to continue using it.

For features that are normally paid but we can use for free:

Voice mode was already available in ChatGPT, the new version will only come to Plus subscribers

One of the issues that caused confusion was the innovations coming to voice mode. Some users used the voice mode in the application and thought that new features were coming. But this is not true. ChatGPT has had a voice chat feature for months. So you could already talk.

What is new is the improvement of voice mode with the advent of GPT-4o. Voice responses are now more natural, less delayed and better. With the new model, we can now see many new features such as emotional changes in voice tone. GPT-4o can process all inputs and outputs through a single neural network. Previous models required three different neural networks. One model converted the sound into text, GPT-3.5 or GPT-4 processed this text, and a third model converted the text back into sound. GPT-4o does all of this on its own.

Unlike other features of the new voice chat version Let us underline that it will not be offered to free subscribers. Feature, in the coming weeks only to Plus subscribers will be offered.

How to use GPT-4o?

OpenAI stated at the event that GPT-4o’s text and image features have started to be offered to all users. So the feature started to arrive gradually. All you have to do Updating the ChatGPT application. After this, you will be able to choose GPT-4o among the model options that you can access via the ChatGPT text at the top of the screen. However, as we said, it is offered gradually. So you may still not be able to access it. You may have to wait a bit for it to arrive. It may take up to a few weeks.

If you’re wondering about GPT-4o’s capabilities: