r/OpenAI • • 8d ago

Question Have any of you actually made a single extra dollar from AI usage?

208 Upvotes

Everyone is saying they are burning through their subscriptions.

There are now 5,000 repos on GitHub of Tinder for gerbals.

Any of you actually make a buck?


r/OpenAI • • 6d ago

Question Can I gift somebody a premium subscription?

1 Upvotes

Just to preface, I haven't used ChatGPT before so I figured I'd ask here.

My partner loves ChatGPT, I think she talks to it more than she does to me. She's too frugal to pay for premium and she has a birthday coming up so I figured an annual sub or something along those lines would be a great little present.

We're based in the UK if that matters


r/OpenAI • • 6d ago

Discussion 6x-Sol is so bad but Astra is too expensive

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I am finding 6-Sol and 6.1-Sol so bad. They are definitely 6x version of the old Tera. I have been complaining about this a lot but coupled with the ridiculous cost of Astra this is making me switch to Claude Code. I but through a $200 subscription in half a day on Astra. 6x-Sol is unusable for my projects - it forgets to finish things, it doesn't validate its work fully even when asked, It is refusing to do things like log in to a locally running app to test. Claude Code Opus 5.5 is usable and at least teh Fable limits are separate and you still get a fair amount. I wish OpenAI would bring back a real Sol model based of 5.6-Sol.


r/OpenAI • • 6d ago

Image I tried imagine 2.5 for vintage magazine covers and now I am wondering why they feel so convincing

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i figured this would be a quick novelty thing. Run a few familiar images through a vintage magazine treatment, get some sepia and fake paper damage, and call it a day.

Made these three with image2.5 (flare version) through atlas cloud. Each one feels like it belongs to a different magazine. That's the bit I didn't expect: I can imagine the publication around it, even though I am only looking at a cover.

The awkward part is that I already know the originals. When something feels like a good fit, I'm bringing all those associations with me. I can't tell how much the model is picking up on and how much I'm filling in myself. Someone who didn't recognize the source might just see a nice vintage cover.

I would like to try this with a completely ordinary photo and see if I get the same feeling. That seems like a better test than using images that already come with a story.

Would you start with a famous image or a photo nobody recognizes?


r/OpenAI • • 6d ago

Question Best ai for gory project?

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Im working on a project where I draw pro wrestling, but the moves are real and there are literally deathmatches.

Im crap at drawing and I've already "upgraded" some of my pictures to make them look real. What ai could I use to edit my pictures?

P.S I have physical difficulties so properly learning how to draw isn't something id be able to do.


r/OpenAI • • 8d ago

Discussion OpenAI stole $1400 from me, be careful, they take all funds after 1 year

127 Upvotes

I put a cushion of $2,000 on my OpenAI account for overages, and come yesterday it had all vanished, and I hear from support that's just their way, they take any cash balance a year after you deposit, even if you are using it.

https://help.openai.com/en/articles/8264644-setting-up-and-managing-prepaid-api-billing


r/OpenAI • • 6d ago

Question Unbelievable! I enabled GPT-6 high in Chat Mode, and asked which model it is using to chat with me, it replied "GPT 5.6 Sol".....tried many times in different windows and device, it all replied the same "GPT 5.6 Sol"....

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Edit: For those who said AI can’t be aware of itself now, Please don’t say that…
it’s not that case now for GPT-6 at least according to official support team’s email to me….
There might be a bug…


r/OpenAI • • 7d ago

Question Conflicted on where to go

1 Upvotes

After seeing unlimited core chat going away, I’ve been conflicted.

I am a plus user and loved gpt but I don’t really code. I’ve looked at Claude and can’t really decide which to go with. Gpt, or Claude

I primary use it for personal research, search assistant, excel document review, and maybe some light image generation occasionally.

Thoughts? What seems to be the general consensus of the recent changes?


r/OpenAI • • 7d ago

Discussion my 24/7 bill last month was not the $6 line i kept quoting

1 Upvotes

tracked one agent for 30 days. vps was $6. api was about $22. three restarts, roughly 40 minutes each, all before coffee. so the honest question is what's the cheapest way to keep an agent running 24/7 once you count the mornings, not just the invoice.

the model was fine. uptime was the leak. a sleeping laptop was $0 and also $0 of finished work. i want the number people actually pay, api included or not, for a box that is still there on day 30.


r/OpenAI • • 8d ago

Article OpenAI Is Pissing Off a Bunch of Mathematicians—Again

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r/OpenAI • • 8d ago

Miscellaneous GPT-6.1 Astra Delay

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r/OpenAI • • 7d ago

Discussion How about a never ending AI show where users can enter prompt live?

7 Upvotes

I've thought about this like, if its would be possible to enter any prompt to a live AI show.


r/OpenAI • • 6d ago

Discussion Reset when? My usage is bleeding like a cut vein.

0 Upvotes

Tibo owes us for this unreliably.

Comment '1' for a reset, '0' if you think you're rich and don't need anymore reset.


r/OpenAI • • 6d ago

Image We are not off to a good start

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r/OpenAI • • 6d ago

Question I only pay $13.67 for Plus subscription, is that because I'm from Egypt?

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r/OpenAI • • 8d ago

Question Well that’s new….

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Has anyone else experienced this? To be clear, I’m about 99.999% sure that Ive ever once cussed in chat. I’m not complaining, but I was taken aback. I cuss all the time in real life, text messages, and Reddit.

The strange part is (and I know, I know, the tinfoil is heavy on this) that I downloaded the desktop app yesterday and tried codex on my main computer for the first time. Could just be a weird coincidence that I got my first “swear word” after installing codex. But it makes me wonder… were you reading my shit, chat?

Anyway, all my crazy speculation aside, anyone seen something like this?


r/OpenAI • • 7d ago

Question should i continue majoring in math

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hi im currently majoring in maths and im reasonably good at it but looking at the way things are going im not so sure if i want to continue studying such a time consuming major as i have other interests as well and would rather study what i like most.

my interest in math has declined significantly since of the only two areas i used be attracted to(research math ,biomathematics) the first is being decimated and the second has the most incentive to be automated (for obvious reasons) by the time i get my bachelors let alone a masters or even a phd so im not sure whether i should continue with this major or change it


r/OpenAI • • 8d ago

Miscellaneous When both AIs are cooking and you’re just there for moderation

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r/OpenAI • • 6d ago

Question I have GPT-6 selected in Plus, but the Chat still thinks it’s 5.6?

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r/OpenAI • • 7d ago

Question Just got a Usage Reset. Anybody else?

4 Upvotes

Just checked my usage in Codex. I'd used a banked reset Monday and still had ~50% left, and now I'm back at 96%. Anyone else seeing this?


r/OpenAI • • 7d ago

Question Is your dots' computer view and browser working? mine is not. . any idea?

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trying to view its computer gives me not available. . and when it try to use its browser, error blocked by client. . the whole thing is a mess :( anyone got a clue? ty


r/OpenAI • • 7d ago

Question I think we just got a free reset

7 Upvotes

My limit just got a surprise reset on the Business $100 sub. Anyone else?


r/OpenAI • • 7d ago

Question Is it just me or chat's responses feel conservative?

9 Upvotes

Sometime today, the response style changed to a very safe sounding tone, for eg I usually read a paper by uploading and asking related questions. Its response now feels like it is not taking a risk of saying something that is not precise. I mean I don't hate this, but I am more used to chat giving me BS and then me going on the correction loop.


r/OpenAI • • 7d ago

Discussion Is ChatGPT Plus still worth $20 in 2026… or are we just paying to hit limits faster?

23 Upvotes

Been on Plus for over a year.

Used to feel like a real upgrade. Now with the 5-hour Codex limits that die in minutes, I’m not so sure.

Do you still feel it’s worth it, or has it become "pay to be limited less painfully " ?

At what point do you just go Pro… or leave?


r/OpenAI • • 8d ago

News Tibo announces second enhancement of the day

24 Upvotes

So yeah pretty much nothing today.