Ngemva kwamasonto ayisithupha kusukela ngomhlaka-13 kuJulayi ngaphandle komkhawulo wansuku zonke wokusebenzisa, i-OpenAI ibuyise ngokusemthethweni “umkhawulo oqinile wamahora amahlanu” kubasebenzisi be-ChatGPT Plus ejwayelekile. Lo mkhawulo usebenza kubasebenzisi abasebenzisa i-Codex nendawo ye-ChatGPT Work. UThibault Sottiaux, ophethe ubunjiniyela be-OpenAI Codex ne-ChatGPT, ukuqinisekisile ku-X ukuthi umkhawulo ogingqikayo wamahora amahlanu ubuyiselwe ngokuphelele ngomhlaka-25 ku-Agasti.
I-OpenAI yaqala ukususa lo mkhawulo wamahora amahlanu maphakathi noJulayi, ngesikhathi inkampani yethula imodeli esebenza kahle ye-GPT-5.6 Sol. Ngemva kokususwa komkhawulo, abasebenzisi babebhekene kuphela nesabelo esisodwa sangesonto. Kulesi sikhathi esifushane sokusebenzisa ngaphandle kwemikhawulo, i-OpenAI yaze yasetha kabusha izabelo zabasebenzisi zangesonto ngaphambi kwesikhathi izikhathi eziningana ukugubha izigigaba zokukhula kwabasebenzisi, okuhlanganisa nokweqa futhi inani labasebenzisi abasebenzayo abayizigidi ezingu-1.
Manje lesi “sikhathi somusa” sesikhashana sesiphelile ngokusemthethweni. Lokhu kusho ukuthi onjiniyela nabasebenzisi abasindayo sekufanele balawule kahle imvamisa yokusebenzisa imiyalelo yezobuchwepheshe, kungenjalo bangase bangakwazi ukuqhubeka nokusebenzisa isevisi lapho sebefinyelele esabelweni sabo.
USottiaux uchaze ukuthi ukubuyiswa komkhawulo wamahora amahlanu kusekelwe ezizathwini ezimbili. Okokuqala, ukuhlukanisa ukusetshenziswa kube yizikhawu zamahora amahlanu kusiza ukusabalalisa isidingo sokubala, kugweme ukuthi abasebenzisi abaningi basebenzise isevisi ngesikhathi esisodwa futhi kubangele umthwalo omkhulu kumaseva e-OpenAI. Okwesibili, lo mkhawulo uvikela abasebenzisi abasha nalabo abasebenzisa isevisi kancane. Ngesikhathi kususwe umkhawulo okwesikhashana, abanye ababhalisile babeqeda isabelo sabo sangesonto lonke bengaqapheli ngesikhathi sokusebenzisa isevisi isikhathi eside ngokuqhubekayo, okwakubenza bangakwazi ukuqhubeka nokusebenzisa isevisi isonto lonke elalisele.
Abasebenzisi bohlelo olujwayelekile kuzodingeka baphinde babhekane nale mikhawulo ukuze bagweme ukuqeda isabelo sabo ngokushesha, kodwa i-OpenAI ayizange isebenzise lolu shintsho kubasebenzisi abakhokha imali ephezulu kakhulu. Inkampani iqinisekisile ukuthi ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezizayo, izinhlelo zokubhalisa ezibiza kakhulu ze-Pro ezingu-100 zamadola aseMelika (qaphela: cishe u-673.7 yuan waseShayina ngokwesilinganiso samanje sokushintshisana) ne-Pro ezingu-200 zamadola aseMelika (cishe u-1,347 yuan waseShayina ngokwesilinganiso samanje sokushintshisana) zizoqhubeka zingenawo umkhawulo wokusebenzisa wamahora amahlanu.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ama-akhawunti e-Enterprise nawe-Edu nawo ngeke ashintshe. Lawa ma-akhawunti asevele esebenza engqalasizinda ezimele ngokuphelele, esekelwe ezabelweni.
Esikhathini esizayo, lapho abasebenzisi be-ChatGPT Plus ejwayelekile befike emkhawulweni wamahora amahlanu noma emkhawulweni wamasonto onke, kuzodingeka balinde isikhathi esivamile sokusethwa kabusha kwesabelo noma bathenge isabelo esengeziwe ukuze baqhubeke nomsebenzi wokuhlela amakhodi.
Ngesikhathi sokubuyiswa komkhawulo wamahora amahlanu, i-OpenAI isethe kabusha ngokuphelele izabelo zamasonto onke zamanje kuwo wonke ama-akhawunti athintekile. Ngemva kwalokhu, isikhathi esilandelayo esihleliwe sokusethwa kabusha kwesabelo sangesonto sababhalisile sizoba umhlaka-1 kuSepthemba.