🌱 A new ‘omni’ model and more features for ChatGPT users:

1. New model – GPT-4o
✅ New flagship model, ‘o’ stands for omni, can understand and generate – text, images and voice.
✅ Available on the API with existing account level rate limits
✅ 50% cheaper than GPT4-turbo

More details here:
https://openai.com/index/hello-gpt-4o/

2. Extra features for ChatGPT users
✅ Users on the Free tier will be defaulted to GPT-4o with a limit on the number of messages
✅ Based on demand and usage, Free tier users will be switched back to GPT-3.5
✅ Free users can limited access to advanced tools, such as: Data analysis, File Uploads, Browse, Discovering and using GPTs, Vision
✅ Desktop app for mac OS

More details here:
https://openai.com/index/gpt-4o-and-more-tools-to-chatgpt-free/

Personally I think these are going to be nice features to work with. Desktop app could boost productivity but need to see how data privacy works out there. Still expensive (GPT-4o) in India scenario unless you have the right use case which justifies the cost.

Author is William Lewis, CTO at Beaconcross Technologies