Free AI era ends as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini hike prices
ChatGPT's free tier now limited to 10 messages per hour
Deep Dive
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Key Points
- ChatGPT free tier capped at 10 messages/hour; Plus costs $20/month for GPT-4o
- Claude free users limited to 20 daily queries; Pro plan at $20/month
- Infrastructure costs: training GPT-4 exceeded $100M, driving monetization
Why It Matters
Professionals must now budget $40-80/month for AI tools once free.