ChatGPT 5 Is Here — Free to Use & Packed with Game-Changing Features!

About this video

Kevin presents OpenAI’s launch of GPT-5, which he says OpenAI describes as its smartest, fastest and most useful model yet. GPT-5 is now the default on chatgpt.com and in the mobile app with no settings to change. On the free plan, he says users get full GPT-5 until a daily limit of somewhere around 30 messages, then it switches automatically to GPT-5 Mini. He explains the model is unified: instead of choosing between general, reasoning and mini models, GPT-5 automatically adjusts how deeply it thinks, picking between two underlying models behind the scenes, while paid users can still select a GPT-5 Thinking mode for extended reasoning. He attributes to OpenAI the claims that GPT-5 outperforms the o3 reasoning model and GPT-4.5 on reasoning and creativity and hallucinates less. In his test, GPT-5 builds a playable cookie-themed Tetris game in HTML/CSS/JavaScript using Kevin Cookie Company branding — it misses inserting the logo but pulls the brand colours from it. He also covers other ChatGPT updates: Gmail and Google Calendar connectors via Settings > Connectors (rolling out to Pro users first) for summarising emails, finding meeting slots and drafting replies; personality and chat-colour customisation, which he notes was not yet available in his testing; an upgraded Advanced Voice Mode demonstrated with a cookie-flavour brainstorm; and Study Mode (‘Study and Learn’) that walks learners step-by-step through a topic such as baking.

Key takeaways

• GPT-5 is the default model on web and mobile; free users get full access until roughly 30 messages/day per the creator, then auto-fallback to GPT-5 Mini
• The unified system auto-routes between fast and deeper-reasoning behaviour so users no longer pick a model; paid users retain an explicit GPT-5 Thinking mode
• Creator attributes to OpenAI claims that GPT-5 beats o3 and GPT-4.5 on reasoning and creativity with fewer hallucinations — presented as OpenAI’s claims, not independently verified in the video
• New ChatGPT connectors for Gmail and Google Calendar (Pro first) enable email summaries, meeting-slot finding and draft replies from Settings > Connectors
• Study Mode via the ‘Study and Learn’ tool gives step-by-step, interactive tutoring, and Advanced Voice Mode supports conversational brainstorming

Episode details: published August 7, 2025 · 6:38 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Kevin Stratvert’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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