ChatGPT
OpenAI's mainstream AI assistant: chat, voice, images, the Work agent and Codex.
What it is
ChatGPT is OpenAI's AI assistant. Plans: Free, Go ($8 a month), Plus ($20) and Pro with higher limits. The main models are the GPT-6 family (Sol and Luna). Besides chat there's a voice mode, image generation, the Work agent (documents, spreadsheets, presentations, websites) and Codex for development. Which features you get depends on your plan and region.
- Text
- Voice
- Images
- Agents
Who it is for
Professions we suggest this tool for:
- Plumber
- Finishing contractor
- HR generalist and recruiter
- Small business owner
- Copywriter
- K-12 teacher
- Tutor
- Preschool teacher
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Price
Freemium
Plans and prices, with the date they were checked, are on this page: What's current
Where the course teaches it
- 1.2AI without fear: will AI take my job?
- 1.5AI for your family: kids, teens and seniors
- 2.4Claude vs ChatGPT vs Gemini: AI models compared
- 5.1How much to spend on AI: $0 to $2,000 a month
- ★AI Mayak Academy Glossary: 2026
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Ready-to-use materials
- Your first day with an AI assistant · Setup, five practice tasks on your own work, rules for giving a task and a wrap-up for the day.
- Explain it like I'm new to it · Any topic or term in plain words: the gist, an analogy from your field, an example and common misconceptions.
- Check an answer for mistakes · Go through an AI answer claim by claim: what's right, what's doubtful, where it's wrong and what to check at the source.
- Summarize a document · A long document boiled down to the gist, key points with page references, numbers and deadlines, and questions for the author.
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Alternatives
- Claude · An AI assistant for long documents, analysis and code, with Claude Code and Cowork on paid plans.
- Gemini · Google's assistant, built into Gmail, Docs and Sheets, with Deep Research, Gemini Live and Canvas.
- Perplexity · AI search with sources: answers with links, Deep Research and the Comet browser.
Official site
Checked: October 2026 · source