OpenAI is giving ChatGPT free users unlimited text chats

AINewsOpenAIOpenAI is giving ChatGPT free users unlimited text chatsChatGPT’s GPT-5.6 Sol model will also be ‘more reliable with facts’ for Plus and Pro users. ChatGPT’s GPT-5.6 Sol model will also be ‘more reliable with facts’ for Plus and Pro users. by Jay PetersAug 6, 2026, 5:00 PM UTCLinkShareGiftImage: The VergeJay Peters is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme.OpenAI is making a big change for ChatGPT users on its free and Go tiers: Starting next week, users on those tiers will be able to have unlimited text chats with the chatbot, according to OpenAI. Right now, you may run into rate limits if you do too many text chats on those tiers, but those limits, just for text, will be going away soon. Messages that include things like file uploads and images will continue to have limits.Next week, OpenAI is also adding a “Think” button for free and Go users that they can use to “access higher reasoning for harder questions.” This week, for those users, the company is additionally upgrading ChatGPT’s default AI model to the recently released GPT-5.6 Luna.The “Think” button for free and Go subscribers. Image: OpenAIFor Plus and Pro subscribers, GPT-5.6 Sol in ChatGPT is being updated to be “more reliable with facts,” OpenAI says. “The new GPT‑5.6 Sol is designed to make fewer mistakes — especially when answers depend on dates, numbers, sources, rules, or assumptions — by better using the sources it finds to answer your question.” The updated GPT-5.6 Sol will also give you “more direct responses” with “tighter formatting,” and OpenAI says ChatGPT will “avoid extra detail when it does not help.”Plus and Pro subscribers can also use a new slider to decide “how much thought ChatGPT puts into an answer.” Both the updated GPT-5.6 Sol and the slider will be available starting Thursday.ChatGPT’s new slider. Image: OpenAIFollow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Jay PetersAINewsOpenAIMost PopularMost PopularWerewolf transformed my old gadgets into USB-C powered onesWhy does Apple keep banning Telegram, but never X?Trying to explain One Night Only’s tech-enforced sex dystopiaJony Ive’s first OpenAI gadget is reportedly a hockey puck-sized smart speakerFord’s first ultra-cheap EV is called Fathom, a full-featured truck for $28,350The Verge DailyA free daily digest of the news that matters most.Email (required)Sign UpBy submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.Advertiser Content FromThis is the title for the native ad