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> We’ve made ChatGPT Plus fresher and simpler to use

> Finally, ChatGPT Plus now includes fresh information up to April 2023. We’ve also heard your feedback about how the model picker is a pain. Starting today, no more hopping between models; everything you need is in one place. You can access DALL·E, browsing, and data analysis all without switching. You can also attach files to let ChatGPT search PDFs and other document types. Find us at chatgpt.com.

It's so annoying how they say this, I refresh and I still have to hop between models. Just say "rolling out over the next week" if that's what's happening. I even logged out and back in and still the same old way of doing it.

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The roll outs are quite slow. Sometimes it takes weeks for them to release a feature to my account while I know others who get access immediately. I understand that it helps them control the quality of ChatGPT, but I wish I got access earlier as I have been subscribed since the beginning.

Sometimes it seems like logging off and back on causes these updates to hit. I didn't have Dall-e or image capabilities after weeks of it being released and I logged off and back on and both were available. This was between multiple computers logged in so it wasn't just a cache clearing situation.

For what it's worth, for me it appeared nothing was different except I could leave the Default model on, upload a picture, ask it to generate a similar one with a change, and it just booted up Dall-e and did so. I'm not sure if everyone's experience is like this. I agree it's super annoying how they handle these things. I do still have the dropdown but, set to Default, it would generate images for me.

I do recommend logging off and logging back in if it isn't working. I've seen that update things for me.

What is even more annoying is every plus subscriber whining that they didn't get the feature yet. We know, you paid and you want to play now, but it's a rollout and it's progressively coming towards you. Just have a little bit of patience.

You’re completely missing the point. If they said “rolling out over the next week” it’d be one thing but they almost always say “available now” and it’s not. That’s not ok, that’s what we call a lie.

Nobody is going to say "We are rolling it out to a random set of users, and then if there are no crashes, we will roll out to more" in a marketing demo.

Were you or anyone else harmed by the lie?

More whining...

The lack of transparency around how they release access to features is infuriating. Especially when you pay for the product. I cannot stand it.

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