OpenAI's late night show! GPT-4.1 series comes with mini/nano, API is free for a limited time!

Written by
Audrey Miles
Updated on:July-01st-2025
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OpenAI leads the new era of AI, and the GPT-4.1 series of models are launched with limited-time free API!

Core content:
1. The new GPT-4.1 series of models are released, and they are fully available through API calls
2. Performance improvement: coding ability, long text understanding, etc. are significantly enhanced, and the response speed is faster
3. Limited-time free benefits: From April 15 to 22, 2025, the API calls of the three new models are completely free

Yang Fangxian
Founder of 53AI/Most Valuable Expert of Tencent Cloud (TVP)

1. New model release:gpt-4.1 series

  • Model List:
    • gpt-4.1
    • gpt-4.1-mini
    • gpt-4.1-nano
  • How to obtain:
    The calls are fully available through API.
  • Core advantages :
    It has improved performance in coding ability, long text comprehension, etc., with faster response speed and better cost of use.
  • Limited time free benefits:
      • Free time:
        April 15, 2025 - April 22, 2025
      • Scope of application:
        During this period, the three new models  are completely free to use via the API .
      • Free tier available:
        Free tier users can also enjoy a free trial with the following rate limits:
        • 3 requests per minute (RPM = 3)
        • 200 requests per day (RPD = 200)

    2. Old model deprecation notice

    • Deprecated models:
       gpt-4.5-preview
    • Current status:
      This model has been officially marked as  Deprecated .
    • Removal Date:
      Will  be removed  from the API  on July 14, 2025 .