While hundreds of millions of people are already getting a free ride on ChatGPT — grabbing limited use credits to automate writing and other apps — the free ride may be getting better.

Essentially: ChatGPT’s maker is promising an upgrade — scheduled for release later this year — that will come with free, unlimited access to ChatGPT.

In a phrase, free users will get an ‘all-you-can-eat’ option for the ‘base level’ of the forthcoming new AI engine, dubbed ChatGPT-5.

Meanwhile, ChatGPT Plus users — now paying $20/month — will get access to an even smarter version of ChatGPT-5.

And users of ChatGPT Pro — now $200/month — will be able to enjoy an even smarter version.

Kinda like a choice between an entry level Kia, a General Motors Canyon or a BMW.

In other news and analysis on AI writing:

*One Writer’s Take: Ensuring AI Writing Sounds Human: While AI continues to turn heads with its ability to churn-out highly impactful copy in seconds, you can make that output even better if you ensure it sounds more human, according to writer Katie Neal.

Case in point: Neal fesses-up that much of this article was written with the help of AI.

Even so, she was the one who came-up with a heart-warming, article launching analogy — about the yeast rolls her grandmother used to make from scratch — to bring home her point.

Observes Neal: “In short, while generative AI has its limitations, it also unlocks opportunities to amplify what makes us uniquely human, including our creativity, critical thinking and storytelling.”

*Ten Best AI Tools for Writing / Other Content Creation: Start-Up Magazine has released its top ten AI creation tools, which features perennial favorites like Jasper, Copy.ai and Writesonic.

Notably missing is ChatGPT — the AI writer/chatbot that started it all and to this day offers the most advanced automated writing software on the planet.

Bottom line: Start-Up’s list is a good benchmark. But for my money, ChatGPT is still the best overall.

*Quick Study: Everything Writers Need to Know About ChatGPT: If you’re looking to get up-to-speed on everything ChatGPT has to offer, this is a great piece to click to.

Authored by some top tech writers, the guide takes you from the birth of the AI through its current day iteration.

Stop here and you’ll have the highlights of ChatGPT’s evolution at your fingertips.

*Quick Study: Everything Writers Need to Know About Grammarly: Currently boasting 30 million users, Grammarly started out as an excellent editing/proofreading tool that later added AI writing to its mix.

Click here for an excellent overview of all the app’s core and new features — as well as detail on competitors you may prefer.

Observes Max Slater-Robins: “Whether you’re drafting an academic essay, composing a business email, or refining a social media post, Grammarly helps improve readability and ensure polished, professional communication.”

*AI Writing on Your Smartphone: Weaker, But Maybe Enough to Get By: Writer Kaycee Hill offers an in-depth look with this piece at the AI writing tools that come with the new Samsung Galaxy S25.

Dubbed ‘Writing Assist,’ the new features — like many cropping up on other smartphones — are not as powerful as those offered by industry-leading AI writers/chatbots ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude.

But the tools may serve you well to dash-off a quick ditty.

*How DeepSeek Outsmarted the Market and Built a Highly Competitive AI Writer/Chatbot: New York Times writer Cade Metz offers an insightful look in this piece into how newcomer DeepSeek built its AI for pennies-on-the-dollar.

The chatbot stunned AI researchers — and roiled the stock market earlier this month — after showing the world it could develop advanced AI for six million dollars.

DeepSeek’s secret: Moxie. Facing severely restricted access to the bleeding-edge chips needed to develop advanced AI, DeepSeek made-up for that deficiency by writing code that was much smarter and much more efficient than that of many competitors.

The bonus for consumers: “Because the Chinese start-up has shared its methods with other AI researchers, its technological tricks are poised to significantly reduce the cost of building AI.”

*In the Crosshairs: AI Upstarts Take Aim at AI’s Titans: While tech goliaths like Google, Microsoft, Meta and OpenAI are currently calling the shots in AI for writing and other purposes, there are plenty of smaller upstarts looking to elbow their way in.

Writer Tor Constantino notes that thousands of independent AI aficionados could pool their computer power and compete directly with the giants of AI — an approach known as decentralized AI.

In the process, all of those independents could permanently change the dynamics of who controls AI, according to Constantino.

*AI in Education: Should the Teaching of Writing Simply be Abandoned?: As many teachers and professors find themselves torn as they see AI writers as both dazzling education tools — and an easy way to cheat — some ask if we should simply give up on teaching writing altogether.

Observes Rigina Rini, a philosophy professor at York University: “Try to persuade the arriving generation of college students — nearly 90% of whom admit to using ChatGPT for ‘help’ with high-school homework, according to a recent survey in the US—that writing is a skill they must internalize for future success.

“Brace for eyeroll impact. An ever-increasing share of adults will regard AI writing tools as just more productivity apps on their phone — no more sensible to abjure than calculators.”

*AI Big Picture: Right in the Funny Bone: AI Writing Just as Yuk-Worthy as Late Night Comics?: Turns-out, late night hosts Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel may looking at some new competition.

A new study finds that jokes written by an AI app were judged funnier on balance than jokes penned by a mere human.

Observes Matt Solomon: “I’m tempted to blame the human being for not stepping up his game — but that’s not the study’s point.

If the guy who competed with AI truly is employed as a late-night comedy writer, “the AI is keeping up with a pro — and then some,” Solomon adds.

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–Joe Dysart is editor of RobotWritersAI.com and a tech journalist with 20+ years experience. His work has appeared in 150+ publications, including The New York Times and the Financial Times of London.