Claim Surfaces That Gemini Flash and Pro Will No Longer Be Free, but It Remains Unverified
A post on Hacker News claims that Gemini's Flash and Pro models will no longer be available for free. The claim has not been confirmed.
A claim that Google Gemini’s Flash and Pro models will no longer be usable for free appeared on an online community on October 3 local time. The gist is that the terms are changing for users who have been using both models at no cost.
The post appeared on Hacker News, the developer community, and the link attached to it leads to a post on Reddit’s GeminiAI board. On Hacker News it logged a score of 56 points and 50 comments. The claim has not been confirmed.
The post’s title named both Flash and Pro as subject to the end of free access. For free users, the most important question is whether they will still be able to choose between the two models going forward. If the terms do change, when the change takes effect and which accounts it applies to are also points of interest. Whether payment will be required, and how much it would cost, is likewise unknown at this point.
The key question is how far the scope of free Gemini usage will shrink. Whether the same change applies to accounts in South Korea is something that still needs to be confirmed.