Sam Altman Added Three New Modes To GPT-5 Model But You May Not Use It

ChatGPT has made another important upgrade to it, which makes sure that you can take control of the AI bot in your hands. OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman has revealed in a post on X that the latest GPT-t model is getting three modes; however, it is exclusively for the paid use of the GPT-5. Also Read: ChatGPT Finally Gets Group Chat For Free Users Too: Will You Get It?

Sam Altman revealed in a post on X that you will soon be able to choose between Auto, Fast, and Thinking modes of the GPT-5. He further says that most of the users prefer to continue with the Auto mode, which selects based on the basis of your chats. What else has been revealed for the GPT-5 model? Have a look. Also Read: 6 ChatGPT Prompts That Save You Time Every Day

GPT-5 Model: What’s New

Sam Altman has also revealed that with the GPT-5 Thinking mode, the weekly rate limit has been expanded to 3000 messages. After that limit, it will get extra capacity on GPT-5 Thinking mini. For now, the context limit for GPT-5 Thinking is 196k tokens. However, Altman has mentioned that it can be expanded over time on the basis of usage. 

Updates to ChatGPT:

You can now choose between “Auto”, “Fast”, and “Thinking” for GPT-5. Most users will want Auto, but the additional control will be useful for some people.

Rate limits are now 3,000 messages/week with GPT-5 Thinking, and then extra capacity on GPT-5 Thinking…

— Sam Altman (@sama) August 13, 2025

Paid Users Have More Options, Even With 4o

Yes, you heard it right. Sam Altman has confirmed that Model 4o is back in the model picker option for all paid users in ChatGPT. How will it work?

You will find the “Show Additional Models” toggle bar in the ChatGPT web settings. It will allow you to choose between o3, 4.1 and GPT-5 Thinking mini. On the other hand, the 4.5 model is only available to Pro users. The reason is simply that it costs a lot of GPUs for OpenAI!