Is GPT-Rosalind (OpenAI) Down?

Quickest ways to check the current status of openai.com plus recent known issues and working alternatives if it's out.

Last editorial review: 2026-10-15

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ROSALIND ACADEMIC PLAN -- FREE SEATS FOR US ACADEMIC LABS, STILL BEHIND TRUSTED ACCESS (2026-10-15, vendor-primary): OpenAI introduced the Rosalind Academic Plan 'to help more academic scientists access GPT-Rosalind, our dedicated life sciences model, which combines frontier reasoning with Rosalind workbench that enables specialized tool orchestration across medicinal chemistry, genomics, wet-lab assistance, and other scientific applications'. **Terms:** 'Up to 30 Business Standard seats at $0 per user per month for up to 12 months'; 'Access to all commercially available frontier OpenAI models, subject to plan usage limits'; research data 'not used to train our models by default'; 'API access is not included at this time.' **Eligibility:** 'currently available to academic labs at U.S. universities'; PIs and lab leads at universities without an Enterprise agreement apply through OpenAI's trusted access process, those with one go through the university. OpenAI verifies the institution and the lead's identity and appointment and reviews research activities and intended use; applying 'doesn't give your lab immediate access'. Quoted users include labs at UCSF. **What changed for this page:** GPT-Rosalind is no longer limited to a handful of named enterprise partners -- a vetted academic lab can now get it at no cost -- but it is still not self-serve and there is still no public benchmark or consumer access. Separately, OpenAI's Enterprise token rate card (early October) lists GPT-Rosalind-Research for select Enterprise plans (see the ChatGPT page).
2026-10-15•OpenAI (openai.com/index/introducing-the-rosalind-academic-plan/, publicationDateText 'October 15, 2026') + ChatGPT release notes 'October 15, 2026' -- fetched 2026-10-15 via curl with browser UA
Trusted Access rollout -- not open for self-serve signup. Launched 2026-04-16 with fewer than 10 named partners. Broader access timeline not announced
2026-04•OpenAI launch post
No independently-published benchmark results yet. OpenAI's claims (life-science reasoning superiority over general-purpose GPT-5.x) rely on internal evaluations. Wait for neutral published comparisons over Q2/Q3 2026
2026-04•VentureBeat, OpenAI launch coverage

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What to use if GPT-Rosalind (OpenAI) is down

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8.8

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Claude (Anthropic)

8.5

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Gemini (Google)

8.3

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MiMo (Xiaomi)

8.3

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Hunyuan 3 (Tencent Hy3)

8.1

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About GPT-Rosalind (OpenAI)

Tier C (6.8/10). **Since 2026-10-15 US university labs can apply for the Rosalind Academic Plan: up to 30 ChatGPT Business Standard seats free for up to 12 months, with GPT-Rosalind and Rosalind Workbench behind trusted-access approval.** OpenAI's first domain-specific model -- life sciences, drug discovery, translational medicine. Launched 2026-04-16 as a Trusted Access research preview. Launch partners: Amgen, Moderna, Allen Institute, Thermo Fisher. Paired with a Life Sciences Codex plugin (50+ scientific tool integrations)