Sundar Pichai Confirms the Obvious: The AI Paywall is Here Because Compute Costs are 'Non-Linear
The era of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is coming, but according to Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, it won't be free. Following the implementation of new limits on free-tier access to advanced models like Gemini Ultra and Gemini 3 Pro, Pichai has offered a stark economic reality