ChatGPT's $8 subscription comes to the US: How Go compares to Plus and Pro

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• OpenAI just made ChatGPT Go available in the US.
• The lighter version of ChatGPT's subscription costs $8 a month.
• Aside from the free version, OpenAI now offers three paid tiers.

After testing a lighter subscription in India for four months, OpenAI just released ChatGPT Go in the US. This light version of the subscription-based ChatGPT Plus includes everything you get with the free version, plus extra perks, like unlimited chats with GPT-5.2 Instant. Users can now find the option to sign up for Go when they upgrade their ChatGPT plan.

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Compared to the free version of ChatGPT, the Go version includes unlimited chat access ...