GoKawiilOpenAI appears to be testing a new subscription and experience for science use cases, but it's unclear if it'll be available to everyone regardless of their background.
As spotted on X, this new subscription/model is called "ChatGPT for Science," and references to the feature were spotted on the web build.
References to a new ChatGPT subscription
Right now, OpenAI offers ChatGPT for personal use, Teams, and business/enterprise.
While ChatGPT personal works for everybody, Teams requires you to have a company domain and at least three users. On the other hand, ChatGPT business is restricted to legal entities.
It's likely that ChatGPT for Science will have similar restrictions, and only verified institutes or universities would be able to use it.
OpenAI has been optimizing ChatGPT for scientific use cases
It's not the first time we've seen OpenAI's attempt to build models or subscriptions specifically for science use cases.
OpenAI recently announced GPT-Rosalind, which is built on the foundation of its advanced GPT-5.5 architecture, but it's not just a reskinned ChatGPT with a science prompt.
Instead, it is a highly specialized, purpose-built model designed specifically for enterprise-scale life sciences research.
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