Beyond those, the higher-cost Google AI plans include a bundle of AI improvements alongside increasing amounts of storage. With either Google AI Plus (400GB or 2TB) plan, you get double the Gemini usage compared to those without a plan, as well as access to Flash models (which have recently been removed from the free version). It adds additional credits and features in Google Flow, deeper Gemini support in Gmail (integrations with other tools and higher usage limits), and similarly loosened restrictions in Gemini Notebook. Those who jump up to Google AI Pro (5TB or 10TB) have Gemini limits four times higher than standard free users, as well as access to the premier Gemini 4 Argon model and a larger context window when using the bot. It also includes Deep Research, where Gemini can go much further and create in-depth reports by checking lots of sources, including data in your own Google account. Outside the chatbot, this tier also packs more AI tools into Google Docs, Slides and other G Suite apps so you spend less time on boring tasks.

SpaceXSI has announced a unified membership scheme across its products called the X Subscription. The company was formerly known as SpaceXAI until its CEO Elon Musk announced that he would rename it, following President Donald Trump's push to use the term "super intelligence" instead of artificial intelligence. An X Subscription plan will include access to Grok, Grok Bot, Cursor and X Premium, depending on the tier you're paying for. If you'll recall, the company acquired coding startup Cursor back in August. The 8-a-month Plus tier for individuals will provide you access to Grok Chat, Voice, Imagine and Build, as well as Grok API and to Cursor for coding.

The most obvious difference is price. The free tier of Muse has a usage cap, and the Power and Maximum tiers are 20 and 100 per month, respectively. At present, individual users must pay a much higher subscription fee to use Dots, with the lowest available option being Pro 100 for 100 per month. A Business Premium seat costs 100 per user per month (billed annually) or 125 per user per month (billed monthly). The more accounts you link, the more capable the agent becomes, but that can mean access to your email, calendar, files and browser sessions (which is not something most people would give away lightly).

Grok is one of 3,500 competing frontier AI models, most of which come with a variety of subscription plans, services and capabilities. But is Grok free, or does it follow the familiar approach of strictly limited free tiers and capabilities that other generative AI chatbots use? The short answer is yes, Grok is free, but the no-cost tier is basically a limited way to give the chatbot a try or make the occasional query. You can use Grok without paying a dime through Grok's web and mobile experiences, and the free tier will cover things like basic chats, voice interactions and access to some web and X search features. Usage is capped, however, so frequent users will run up against that wall quickly.

OpenAI is rolling out GPT-6 to ChatGPT, and it will come with a capability called Intelligent UI that the company says allows it to return responses quickly with fully interactive user interfaces. The company trained GPT-6 to be better at everyday conversations and to compose more visual responses within the chatbot itself. Based on what you're asking, it could include graphics, tappable buttons, forms, charts and other interactive experiences in its replies. If you ask it to help you plan for a dinner you're hosting, for instance, ChatGPT's response could include an interactive table with the amount of ingredients you have to buy based on the number of people you say are coming. It could also include checklists and follow-up forms you can answer to get more detailed help.

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A paid plan makes the most sense when you regularly run into the Free tier's limits or rely on tools reserved for higher tiers. If that's no longer true, paying every month gets harder to justify. One option is ChatGPT Go, a lower-cost paid tier that OpenAI now offers in every country where ChatGPT is supported. Spending less doesn't necessarily require giving up a paid plan altogether. AI subscriptions have another unusual wrinkle: the product can change while you are paying for it.

OpenAI is giving some members of its Daybreak cybersecurity program access to a new model that's less likely to refuse higher-risk tasks. The company is also expanding access to Daybreak to more partners, including Accenture, IBM, CrowdStrike, Cisco, Sophos and Cloudflare. OpenAI says the companies will use the cyber models available through Daybreak to protect their customers. Under the expanded program, Daybreak is available to partners in two tiers. Daybreak Blue gives them access to frontier general-purpose models, including GPT‑5.6 Sol, OpenAI's most advanced one yet.

Meta has announced an early beta of Muse Code, a new coding agent meant to compete with Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex. The new terminal-based coding tool is powered by Muse Spark 1.2, a new version of Meta's AI model which offers "improvements in code generation, complex debugging, codebase understanding, and end-to-end developer workflows." Like its competition, Muse Code can handle software engineering tasks like writing code, planning changes and validating results, making it possible to build working software with text prompts. It can also manage multiple sub-agents and delegate tasks to complete work more efficiently. Meta's announcement includes sample projects like an interactive model of a photon sphere and a Plants vs. Zombies knockoff, and a demo video of the tool building a webpage based on an MP4 file.