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ChatGPT Go will be offered for free to users in India for a full year.
The promotion will start on Nov. 4.
India is OpenAI's second-largest market after the US.
ChatGPT users in India will soon be able to score a free subscription to the popular AI service. Starting Nov. 4, the freebie will be good for a whole year, saving subscribers the 399 rupees (just under $5) that they normally have to spend each month. Announcing the promotion on Tuesday, OpenAI didn't reveal how long it would be open, so interested users should sign up as soon as it becomes available.
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Unveiled earlier this month, ChatGPT Go includes everything in the Free plan but also kicks in extended access to GPT-5, image generation tools, file uploads, Python and other data analysis tools, extended file upload access, and longer memory. The idea is to offer a more affordable yet robust version of ChatGPT to countries outside the US.
Currently, Go is accessible in 90 different countries, including not just India but also such nations as Brazil, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Uganda, and Vietnam. A Go plan is available only as a monthly option; annual subscriptions aren't supported.
India is OpenAI's second-biggest market by user count after the US and could soon become its largest, CEO Sam Altman said earlier this year, Reuters reported. With a total population of more than 1.4 billion, India is home to more than 800 million active internet users, according to Statista.
"Since launching ChatGPT Go in India a few months ago, the adoption and creativity we've seen from users has been inspiring," ChatGPT VP and head Nick Turley said in a statement noted by The Times of India. "Ahead of our first DevDay Exchange event in India, we're making ChatGPT Go freely available for a year to help more people across India access and benefit from advanced AI."
To register for a ChatGPT Go plan once it's available, head to the ChatGPT website. Sign up for or sign in to your ChatGPT account. If you're signing up, choose the option for Go. If you're already a subscriber, select your profile icon, choose Upgrade Plan, and then select Go.