OpenAI is giving ChatGPT free users unlimited text chats
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Source: The Verge (AI)August 6, 2026
Summary
OpenAI is removing rate limits (restrictions on how many requests you can make) for text-only chats on ChatGPT's free and Go tiers, allowing unlimited text conversations starting next week. The company is also adding a 'Think' button for these users to access more advanced reasoning for complex questions, though limits on chats with file uploads and images will remain.
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Attack SophisticationTrivial
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OpenAI
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Original source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/976239/openai-chatgpt-free-go-text-chats
First tracked: August 6, 2026 at 02:01 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 95%