You’ve just signed up for ChatGPT Plus to get more out of the AI chatbot, but what’s next? Advanced Data Analysis, image generation with DALL-E 3, plugins, Browse with Bing — it can be daunting knowing how to use each tool. We’ll walk you through how to get started using all the benefits of a Plus subscription.
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After using ChatGPT daily for a few months, I took the leap to upgrade to a ChatGPT Plus subscription. The upgrade sets me back $20 a month, but since I use it multiple times a day for work and many other things, it was worth it.
How to use ChatGPT Plus
ChatGPT Plus is easy to use, even if it has a lot of features to become familiar with. To use ChatGPT Plus, you’ll need a Plus subscription first. To upgrade to ChatGPT Plus, you can log into your OpenAI account and click on Upgrade on the lower left corner of the screen.
Navigate the table of contents on the left of this page if you’re looking for a specific feature.
Using GPT-4
The ChatGPT Plus subscription gives you access to GPT-4, which is the same model powering Microsoft’s Bing AI. GPT-4 is OpenAI’s most capable model yet and is also the largest large language model (LLM) to be widely available.
Once you upgrade to ChatGPT Plus, log in to your OpenAI account as usual.
Move the toggle to GPT-4 at the top of the ChatGPT window to switch to GPT-4.
The ChatGPT Plus window will look a little different than the free ChatGPT. You’ll see a toggle at the top where you can choose GPT-3.5, the model behind the free version of the AI chatbot, or GPT-4. The former is fast and what you’re used to from ChatGPT, but GPT-4 is more thorough and accurate.
Now, start asking away. You can try different prompts to test how GPT-4 performs versus GPT-3.5, or take advantage of the more capable model to write code or give it some text to summarize for you.
Attaching images
ChatGPT Plus can also process images on all platforms: web, iOS, and Android.
Image upload is only available within GPT-4, so you have to select it to add images.
Click or tap on the image icon within the text area.
Choose your image and add what you want ChatGPT to do with it. You can ask it to transcribe it, describe it, or tell you something about it.