According to a statement from the US General Services Administration, OpenAI will end a pilot program that allows government agencies to use its model by paying only $1 a year and switch to a pay-per-use model. Federal employees will be able to use related technology at a 50% discount on the standard price. In order to promote the popularization of its model, OpenAI joined the GSA procurement platform OneGov in August last year. The platform allows federal agencies to procure artificial intelligence software on a large scale. The media previously reported that the one-dollar agreement for the first year was the largest technology product discount ever negotiated by the US government's central procurement agency. GSA said that during this period, 3.5 million federal employees were authorized to use ChatGPT, and ChatGPT and other AI models alone helped the government save $1.4 billion in costs. Although the price of the new plan is higher than last year's agreement, the 50% discount is intended to help organizations more easily test and promote artificial intelligence tools, including OpenAI's latest GPT-6 Astra model. OpenAI plans to extend this offer from the federal government to state, local, and tribal governments, announced on Thursday. The agreement with the US government will come into effect on October 1 and will be valid for more than two years.

According to a statement from the US General Services Administration, OpenAI will end a pilot program that allows government agencies to use its model by paying only $1 a year and switch to a pay-per-use model. Federal employees will be able to use related technology at a 50% discount on the standard price. In order to promote the popularization of its model, OpenAI joined the GSA procurement platform OneGov in August last year. The platform allows federal agencies to procure artificial intelligence software on a large scale. The media previously reported that the one-dollar agreement for the first year was the largest technology product discount ever negotiated by the US government's central procurement agency. GSA said that during this period, 3.5 million federal employees were authorized to use ChatGPT, and ChatGPT and other AI models alone helped the government save $1.4 billion in costs. Although the price of the new plan is higher than last year's agreement, the 50% discount is intended to help organizations more easily test and promote artificial intelligence tools, including OpenAI's latest GPT-6 Astra model. OpenAI plans to extend this offer from the federal government to state, local, and tribal governments, announced on Thursday. The agreement with the US government will come into effect on October 1 and will be valid for more than two years.