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ChatGPT brings unlimited text chats to free users - TechCrunch
Technology and ScienceBy Ivan Mehta8/6/20261 min read
OpenAI said that ChatGPT free and Go users are also getting a new think button for complex queries.
✨ Key Highlights
- OpenAI is eliminating limits on text-based chats for all ChatGPT users, following the platform's recent milestone of surpassing 1 billion weekly users.
- The new GPT-5.6 Luna model will become the default for Free and Go users, replacing GPT-5.5, and these users will also gain a "Think" button to apply higher reasoning power to complex questions.
- Separate limits will remain in place for files, images, voice, and image generation, even as text chats become unlimited.
- Plus and Pro users receive an upgraded GPT-5.6 Sol model designed for quick tasks like research, planning, and writing, offering more compact answers; this differs from the unchanged GPT-5.6 Sol used for Codex and Work.
- Plus and Pro users also get a thinking slider to adjust how much reasoning the model applies based on a query's complexity.
- OpenAI's internal evaluations found factual errors were 62% less common in GPT-5.6 Luna and 68% less common in GPT-5.6 Sol compared to GPT-5.5-Instant; the updated Sol is available today, while unlimited chats and the Think button arrive next week.
OpenAI is removing limits on text-based chats for all users on ChatGPT, which recently crossed the 1 billion weekly user mark, the company announced today.
The new GPT-5.6 Luna model will power this