--- title: Why is GPT-4o Free? OpenAI’s Master Plan | daily.dev description: OpenAI has launched GPT-4o for free with the aim of achieving mass adoption, competing with other models, collecting more data for training future models,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-is-gpt-4o-free-openai-s-master-plan-jk52vtsgs twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why is GPT-4o Free? OpenAI’s Master Plan | daily.dev og:description: OpenAI has launched GPT-4o for free with the aim of achieving mass adoption, competing with other models, collecting more data for training future models,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-is-gpt-4o-free-openai-s-master-plan-jk52vtsgs og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/jK52vTSGs.png og:image:alt: Why is GPT-4o Free? OpenAI’s Master Plan og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why is GPT-4o Free? OpenAI’s Master Plan **[AI in Plain English](https://daily.dev/sources/aiplainenglish)** · 3 min read · 800 upvotes · 80 comments ## Summary OpenAI has launched GPT-4o for free with the aim of achieving mass adoption, competing with other models, collecting more data for training future models, countering the scorched earth theory, and driving network effects. They may also have even better products coming soon. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@sangi\_** · 64 upvotes > If it's free, it means you're the product. **@kyoukhana** · 56 upvotes > Because version 5 is around the corner and it will be paid **@lassi2k** · 13 upvotes > They should pay us for collecting data from us **@fazlyalahi** · 9 upvotes > There is nothing called “Free”. This time you are the product. More specifically, they are collecting our personal data to improve the AI model. **@dzognagpiabiaurelien** · 6 upvotes > let me enjoy for now ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#machine-learning](https://daily.dev/tags/machine-learning), [#chatgpt](https://daily.dev/tags/chatgpt), [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/why-is-gpt-4o-free-openai-s-master-plan-jk52vtsgs) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Why is GPT-4o Free? 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