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Free AI era ends as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini hike prices

ChatGPT's free tier now limited to 10 messages per hour

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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.

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