OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced on September 22, 2025, that the company is preparing to launch new, experimental features that require enormous computational resources. In his public comments, reported by Business Insider, Altman explained that due to the extremely high cost of such computations, these capabilities will initially be available exclusively to ChatGPT Pro subscribers, and some may require an additional fee. This move is part of OpenAIs strategy to explore the limits of modern AI models capabilities. The company wants to understand what its systems are capable of when given "a lot of compute." The knowledge gained will help optimize the technologies in the future and reduce their cost to make them accessible to a wider audience. Although specific features were not named, it is speculated that they involve deeper and longer model "thinking," handling vast contexts, or complex agentic tasks.
OpenAI to Launch "Compute-Intensive" Features for ChatGPT Pro Subscribers
