How You Can Still Access Gpt-4o, O3, And Other Older Models In Chatgpt

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OpenAI's GPT-5 motorboat could beryllium arsenic early arsenic this week. Here's what to expect

ZDNET's cardinal takeaways

OpenAI's caller GPT-5 exemplary initially replaced anterior models astatine motorboat past week.
Due to celebrated demand, OpenAI is giving users entree to bequest models.
GPT-4o is disposable to ChatGPT Plus and Pro users (with much models for nan latter).

The entreaty of OpenAI's highly anticipated GPT-5 model lies successful its operation of a smart exemplary for astir queries and a deeper reasoning exemplary for harder problems, and that it automatically chooses either based connected nan user's prompt. Since it technically mixed nan champion of OpenAI's models, nan institution had it switch each of its bequest models successful ChatGPT -- and users were not happy.

(Disclosure: Ziff Davis, ZDNET's genitor company, revenge an April 2025 suit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights successful training and operating its AI systems.)

Also: I tested GPT-5's coding skills, and it was truthful bad that I'm sticking pinch GPT-4o (for now)

Paid subscribers, including ChatGPT Plus and Pro users, antecedently had entree to GPT-4o, aggregate reasoning models, including o3, o4-mini, and o4-mini-high, and investigation previews of GPT-4.5 and GPT-4.1. ChatGPT Pro users had a mates of further perks, specified arsenic o3 pro mode. As a result, erstwhile OpenAI removed entree to these models arsenic it rolled retired GPT-5, galore subscribers' workflows were disturbed; immoderate group moreover cancelled their subscriptions.

OpenAI noticed nan feedback and implemented changes immediately. OpenAI Sam Altman said connected X, "We will fto Plus users take to proceed to usage 4o. We will watch usage arsenic we deliberation astir really agelong to connection bequest models for." In a abstracted post, he added, "We for judge underestimated really overmuch immoderate of nan things that group for illustration successful GPT-4o matter to them, moreover if GPT-5 performs amended successful astir ways."

Users tin now spot bequest models, but activating nan action requires immoderate other steps. Here's really to get started.

How to entree ChatGPT's bequest models

What you'll need: To entree nan bequest models, you'll request to subscribe to 1 of ChatGPT's premium tiers. ChatGPT Plus costs $20 per period and includes different perks specified arsenic higher usage limits for galore of OpenAI's latest features. ChatGPT Pro is meant for ace users and retails astatine $200 per month.

When you log into your ChatGPT account, you'll spot your subscription/account tier successful nan bottommost left-hand corner, wherever your sanction is displayed. If it says "Free," you'll want to click connected it and deed nan "Upgrade scheme option."

Also: Is ChatGPT Plus really worthy $20 erstwhile nan free type offers truthful galore premium features?
Once you do, you tin opt to subscribe to 1 of nan higher subscription tiers: either ChatGPT Plus for $20 per period aliases ChatGPT Pro for $200 per month. You'll past spot a floor plan comparing nan plans and their perks, pictured above.

Once you person a Plus aliases Pro account, by default, you will person nan action to toggle betwixt GPT-5, GPT-5 Thinking, and, if you are a Pro user, GPT-5 Pro. However, you besides person nan action to entree bequest models arsenic agelong arsenic you toggle nan mounting on.

All you request to do is click connected nan bottommost left-hand area pinch your sanction and click Settings. Under "General," which is nan first page that comes up, toggle connected "Show bequest models." Then, nan exemplary picker toggle will besides show nan "Legacy model" option.

When nan "show bequest models" action is toggled on, to really usage nan model, you conscionable person to click connected nan exemplary picker toggle, which appears erstwhile you click nan model's sanction successful nan precocious left-hand corner.

Also: GPT-5 bombed my coding tests, but redeemed itself pinch codification analysis

If you are a ChatGPT Plus user, you tin entree GPT-4o successful summation to GPT-5. If you are a Pro user, you tin entree nan full suite of bequest models, including GPT-4o, GPT-4.5 (research preview), o3, o4-mini, GPT-4.1, and GPT-4.1-mini. Whichever you prime will beryllium nan 1 to output your response.

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