The new model is available now, including those who use ChatGPT's free tier. Unlike some of OpenAI's incremental releases, GPT-5 will be rolled out for all users, not just the companies paying for big enterprise plans. There are, naturally, some differences between how it looks based on your pricing plan. Here's a breakdown:

The newest version of ChatGPT is supposedly built to think more deeply, make fewer mistakes, and help you learn as you go

OpenAI unveiled GPT-5 on Thursday, which the company is calling its "smartest, fastest, [and] most useful model yet." In a press release, the company said the new model puts "expert-level intelligence in everyone's hands" and is a "significant leap in intelligence over all our previous models.