# chatgpt

Turn OpenAI’s GPT‑Live real-time voice from a “chat box that talks” into an English speaking partner you can freeze on, re-say, and drill by scenario. Includes a beginner lock-in prompt, five travel scenarios, IELTS speaking practice, a five-minute recap, and what free vs paid plans can actually do.

OpenAI wedged a $100/month plan between its $20 Plus and $200 Pro tiers, promising higher Codex limits and explicitly targeting Anthropic’s Claude. But its honeymoon limits expire May 31, so the plan may feel less generous afterward.

Ahead of its IPO, OpenAI killed Sora while Disney exited a licensing deal. A reported model codenamed Spud is ready, and the company appears to be narrowing from 'do everything' toward one super app.

Ethan Mollick's game-changing AI framework: Model, App, Harness. The same AI (e.g., Claude Opus 4.6) performs vastly differently across layers. Mollick used Claude Code to turn GPT-1's 117M weights into 80 books in ~1 hour, selling out immediately.

OpenAI is testing personalized ads in ChatGPT for Free/Go users, using chat history. This move is ironic given Anthropic's Super Bowl ad mocking AI chatbot ads, which Sam Altman called 'elitist.' The "enshittification playbook" is now impacting private AI conversations.