AI Launch Profile
GPT-4o and expanded ChatGPT tools
OpenAI introduced GPT-4o as a flagship multimodal model for ChatGPT with faster GPT-4-level intelligence across text, vision, and voice-oriented experiences.
At a glance
Launch Snapshot
- Company
- OpenAI
- Launch date
- May 13, 2024
- Launch type
- Model Release
- Category
- AI Productivity Tools
- Audience
- Creators, Developers, Enterprises, Students
- Pricing
- Available in ChatGPT free and paid plans with higher limits for paid plans; API pricing is listed by OpenAI separately.
- Free plan
- Yes
- API
- Yes
- Open weights/source
- No
Launch Context
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Verification & Sources
- Status
- Verified
- Source links
- 2
- Freshness
- Needs recheck: verified June 8, 2026
- Last verified
- June 8, 2026
- Last updated
- June 11, 2026
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Kingy Launch Score
7.7 / 10 · Solid
One earned credibility score, computed from cited evidence — not a placeholder. How the Kingy Launch Score works
Why this score
- Source & verification 7.5/10 — The official launch post plus ChatGPT release notes — dated, single-vendor sourcing. openai.com
- Product evidence 8.0/10 — Shipped in ChatGPT with free-tier access and an available API. openai.com
- Significance & novelty 9.0/10 — A flagship multimodal model bringing GPT-4-level intelligence across text, vision, and voice to the free tier — a category-resetting launch. openai.com
- Traction signals not scored — insufficient sourced evidence
- Offer clarity 6.0/10 — Free and paid ChatGPT availability is documented, with higher limits on paid plans; API pricing is listed separately by OpenAI. openai.com
Evidence checked 2026-07-10
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Kingy AI Take
OpenAI introduced GPT-4o as its flagship multimodal model for ChatGPT, bringing faster GPT-4-level intelligence across text, vision, and voice — including to the free tier (openai.com). Creators, Developers, Students, and Enterprises all got a materially stronger everyday assistant, with API access for builders. The record documents plan availability rather than API rates, so check current per-token pricing before building on it.
Who it is for
General ChatGPT users, students, creators, developers, and teams that need a stronger everyday multimodal assistant.
Traction notes
A major consumer and developer model launch that reset expectations for multimodal assistants and free-tier AI access.
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