OpenAI prepares $500 ChatGPT Pro Max subscription with faster Codex

An unannounced ChatGPT Pro Max tier has appeared in OpenAI's subscription interface at $500 per month (about $600 with tax), marketed for 'Fastest Work and Codex' plus top frontier models, maximum memory, 100GB storage and early access. No launch date is known, and Cerebras hardware may power faster inference.

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