It sure looks like ChatGPT Free is getting ads soon

OpenAI has put a lot of work lately into improving the free tier of ChatGPT. Users who want to test the chatbot don't need to pay $20/month, and they can still use more advanced AI features, though they still can't access everything that's available to paying subscribers.

ChatGPT Free accounts can access a reasoning model, use the viral 4o image generation model, and generate Deep Research reports. The latter dropped earlier this week when OpenAI announced that the o4-mini model can handle...