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Use Gemini for free? You’ll soon be limited to its weakest AI model

ZDNET’s key takeaways

Google is limiting the AI models that free users can access.
Only the Flash-Lite model will be accessible to free users.
AI Plus subscribers will also lose the Pro model.

Those of you who use Google’s Gemini app or website for free will soon be able to use only one AI model for your queries and conversations. And it’s the weakest of the bunch.

In a new support document, Google revealed that free users will lose access to the Flash and Pro models starting Friday, Oct. 9. Anyone without a paid Google AI plan will be stuck with only the lowest-tier and least robust Flash-Lite model.

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