OpenAI reinstates 5-hour usage limit for Plus and Business Standard users

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OpenAI has brought back the 5-hour usage limit for ChatGPT Plus and Business Standard subscribers, a change that explains why limits have behaved so differently than last week. The author notes this also makes limit resets significantly less valuable.

In case you're wondering why the limits behave so very different from last week.

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