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TRUE, BUTScope Swap

Paid users kept the more accurate one

Paying users kept the one that is right more often.

“OpenAI's ChatGPT update gives free users unlimited text chats on the new default model GPT-5.6 Luna, with factual errors 62% less common than the model it replaces; the rollout to Free and Go users completed in the week of August 10.”

OpenAI (product announcement, August 6), 6 August 2026

Recorded 15 August 2026. Our ruling means: literally true, materially misleading.

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Receipts pack

The evidence file for this verdict

7 receipts: 2 support the claim, 2 contradict it, 3 add context. 3 figures on the record, 1 traced to a quoted receipt.

The receipts

Each source, the line we quote from it, its date and which way it cuts. Free to read and to cite.

  1. 1Supports the claimweb.archive.org ↗

    unlimited text chats and access to a new Think button for harder questions (subject to abuse guardrails). Limits will still apply for file uploads, images and other tools.

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  2. 2Contextweb.archive.org ↗

    to be more reliable with facts and provide more focused answers

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  3. 3Supports the claimtechcrunch.com ↗

    removing limits on text-based chats for all users on ChatGPT

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  4. 4Contexttechcrunch.com ↗

    62% less common for GPT-5.6 Luna and 68% less common for GPT-5.6 Sol

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  5. 5Contradicts the claimunite.ai ↗

    It applies to text chats; limits remain for file uploads, images, and other tools, and OpenAI notes the offering is subject to abuse guardrails.

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  6. 6Contradicts the claimunite.ai ↗

    The figure comes from OpenAI’s own testing, not an independent evaluation.

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  7. 7Contextmacrumors.com ↗

    Limits will still apply for file uploads, images, and other ChatGPT tools

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