Meta's artificial intelligence will no longer be completely free. The company has announced two paid plans: Meta One Plus for $7.99 per month and Premium for $19.99. The free version loses image and video generation, along with other features. Subscriptions for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp are also arriving. For the average user, this means using AI without paying will have direct restrictions on your wallet.
Technical details of the new subscription plans at Meta 🤖
Meta One Plus offers priority access to Llama models with daily usage limits and watermark-free image generation. The Premium version doubles these limits and includes longer video processing and advanced contextual responses in WhatsApp. The underlying architecture uses the same servers, but traffic is prioritized according to the plan. Free users will face waiting queues and basic features like text chat. This represents a shift in the monetization of conversational AI.
Paying to talk to a bot: the new luxury of the 21st century 💸
So now, if you want Meta's AI to draw you a cat with a hat, you have to pay. Or you settle for the bot replying with a curt I can't do that. Soon we'll see people arguing in the supermarket queue about whether it's worth paying $7.99 for the virtual assistant to remind them to buy milk. Artificial intelligence has become paid, but at least coffee is still free. For now.