OpenAI GPT-4o is now rolling out — here's how to get access ...
OpenAI's ChatGPT just got a major upgrade thanks to the new GPT-4o model, also known as Omni. This is a true multimodal AI capable of natively understanding text, image, video and audio with ease. It is also much faster and eventually will be able to talk back to you.
Right now, GPT-4o's main benefit is in bringing massive reasoning, processing, and natural language capabilities to the free version of ChatGPT for the first time. The rollout is happening gradually in batches — most recently being the availability of the ChatGPT macOS app.
How to Access GPT-4o
The address for ChatGPT has changed, moving from chat.openai.com to chatgpt.com, suggesting a significant commitment to AI as a product rather than an experiment. If you have access to GPT-4o on your account, it will be available in the mobile app and online.
OpenAI has confirmed that the macOS app is being rolled out right now to a limited set of users, with broader access coming in the "next few weeks." If you get this notification when on the browser version of ChatGPT, click download to get the app!
Whether you use the paid or free version of ChatGPT, the first thing to do is sign in. Visit the website or download the app and connect to your account. If you don’t have one, then simply sign up.
There will be a drop-down menu near the top of the screen. This will have a list of models. On the website, it may already say GPT-4o selected. But could also have GPT-4 or GPT-3.5. If GPT-4o doesn’t appear then you don’t have access to the model yet.
If you do have access, simply start chatting with GPT-4o in the same way you would with GPT-4. There are rate limits imposed, and these are much lower on the free plan. This means you’ll only be able to send a set number per day.
