Google and OpenAI are cutting 支援する 解放する／自由な usage for Gemini 3 プロの／賛成の and Sora 2 ― here are the new 限界s
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Bad news for those enjoying 消費者 AI 道具s, but not enough to 支払う／賃金 for them. In the last few days, both OpenAI and Google have taken steps to 減ずる 解放する／自由な 接近 to their generative AI 壇・綱領・公約s, perhaps 示すing that the ‘解放する／自由な lunch’ period of AI 接近 is beginning to 勝利，勝つd 負かす／撃墜する ― or at least become far いっそう少なく 控訴，上告ing.
非，不，無-支払う／賃金ing Sora 2 顧客s are now 限られた／立憲的な to six 世代s a day, 負かす／撃墜する from 30 at 開始する，打ち上げる.
Firstly, 9to5Google spotted a change of 言い回し on Google’s own support page for Gemini 3 プロの／賛成の. When it arrived last week to 広大な／多数の／重要な ファンファーレ／誇示, 解放する／自由な 使用者s were 約束d “up to 5 誘発するs / day”, matching the 限界s 利用できる on Gemini 2.5 プロの／賛成の. 解放する／自由な 使用者s were also able to use Nano 白人指導者べったりの東洋人 プロの／賛成の (the model’s image 世代 element) to create “up to 3 images / day”.
“Thinking with Gemini 3 プロの／賛成の” no longer has a 人物／姿／数字 大（公）使館員d. Instead the 言い回し has changed to something far more vague: “Basic 接近 ― daily 限界s may change frequently”. Nano 白人指導者べったりの東洋人 プロの／賛成の was 負かす／撃墜する to “2 images / day”, though at the time of 令状ing it’s 支援する up to three, with a 公式文書，認める 説 it’s in high 需要・要求する and that “限界s may change frequently”.
OpenAI, 一方／合間, has put 類似の caps on ビデオ 世代 from its Sora 2 app. 非，不，無-支払う／賃金ing 顧客s are now 限られた／立憲的な to six 世代s a day, 負かす／撃墜する from 30 at 開始する，打ち上げる.
In this instance, we have a （疑いを）晴らす explanation as to why the change is 存在 made, thanks to a 地位，任命する on X from 法案 Peebles, 長，率いる of Sora at OpenAI: “Our gpus are melting, and we want to let as many people 接近 sora as possible!”.
In other words, Sora 2 is a 犠牲者 of its own success, with the 大規模な 計算する 必要物／必要条件s needed by AI ビデオ 世代 原因（となる）ing problems for Open AI’s servers.
In both 事例／患者s, it seems Google and Open AI have decided the time has come to try and 押し進める 解放する／自由な 使用者s into becoming fully 支払う／賃金ing 顧客s.
Time to 支払う／賃金?
Google is pretty （疑いを）晴らす in the footnote about usage 限界s that it will prioritize paid accounts over 解放する／自由な ones. “If capacity changes, 限界s for 使用者s without a プロの／賛成の or Ultra 計画（する） may be 限られた／立憲的な before 使用者s with a 計画（する）,” it reads, 追加するing that such 限界s help “持続する a high 基準 of 質”.
To be （疑いを）晴らす, there have always been 推論する／理由s to 支払う／賃金 for AI 道具s if you find them useful. As the chart below shows, it’s not just about getting more 誘発するs. For example, the 状況 window ― the 量 of data Gemini can digest from an uploaded とじ込み／提出する ― jumps from 32,000 to one million, 許すing for far more 徹底的な 返答s.
Gemini without a Google AI 計画（する） | Gemini with Google AI プロの／賛成の | Gemini with Google AI Ultra | |
Price per month | 解放する／自由な | $19.99 per month | $249.99 per month |
Thinking with 3 プロの／賛成の | Basic 接近 - daily 限界s may change frequently | Up to 100 誘発するs / day | Up to 500 誘発するs / day |
急速な／放蕩な with 2.5 Flash | General 接近 | General 接近 | General 接近 |
状況 size | 32,000 | 1 million | 1 million |
スパイ／執行官 | - | - | Up to: 200 スパイ／執行官 requests per day 3 スパイ／執行官 仕事s running at the same time |
音声部の Overviews | Up to 20 音声部の overviews / day | Up to 20 音声部の overviews / day | Up to 20 音声部の overviews / day |
深い 研究 | Up to 5 報告（する）／憶測s / month using the 急速な／放蕩な model | Up to 20 報告（する）／憶測s / day using Thinking with 3 プロの／賛成の | Up to 200 報告（する）／憶測s / day using Thinking with 3 プロの／賛成の |
深い Think | - | - | Up to 10 誘発するs / day with a 192 thousand 記念品 状況 window |
Image 世代 & editing with Nano 白人指導者べったりの東洋人 | Up to 100 images / day | Up to 1,000 images / day | Up to 1 ,000 images / day |
Image 世代 & editing with Nano 白人指導者べったりの東洋人 プロの／賛成の | 3 images/ day | Up to 100 images / day | Up to 1000 images / day |
Dynamic 見解（をとる） | Up to 25 誘発するs / day | Up to 250 誘発するs / day | Up to 250 誘発するs / day |
Scheduled 活動／戦闘s | - | Up to 10 active 活動／戦闘s at a time | Up to 10 active 活動／戦闘s at a time |
ビデオ 世代 | - | Up to 3 ビデオs / day using Veo 3.1 急速な／放蕩な (preview) | Up to 5 ビデオs / day using Veo 3.1 (preview) |
Slice 世代 | Up to 20 贈呈s / day | - | - |
早期に 接近 to features | - | 優先 接近 to some new features | 優先 接近 to some new features |
Nonetheless, those who have gotten by on 解放する／自由な models up until now will not like the direction of travel. Upselling a paid 製品 with a 限られた／立憲的な 解放する／自由な 見解／翻訳／版 is a 手段 as old as the hills, but 減ずるing the cost-解放する／自由な 見解／翻訳／版’s usefulness is a 賭事. Yes, it may 運動 more people to paid accounts out of 失望／欲求不満, but it’s 平等に plausible they’ll just find themselves using the 製品 いっそう少なく.
That said, if all 解放する／自由な 選択s are becoming いっそう少なく generous ― as seems likely given the 抱擁する energy and 金物類／武器類 costs for AI 商売／仕事s looking to keep up ― the choice may 結局 be a binary one: 支払う／賃金 up, or 選ぶ out of AI use altogether. For those who are already 麻薬中毒の on the tech’s convenience, the 解放する／自由な lunch 時代 may finally be coming to an end.
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