Meta to start testing AI subscription services, with cheapest plan at $7.99 a month
Meta is set to introduce subscription services for its AI features, with plans starting at $7.99 per month. The company aims to diversify its revenue sources beyond advertisements and compete with other AI firms. Testing of these subscription plans will begin next month in select countries including Singapore, Guatemala, and Bolivia.
- ▪Meta will charge users for AI features for the first time, starting with a subscription model.
- ▪The Meta One Plus plan will cost $7.99 a month, while the Meta One Premium plan will be priced at $19.99 a month.
- ▪The company will continue to offer a free version of the app and website alongside the subscription options.
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Meta plans to charge users for artificial intelligence features for the first time as the company seeks a revenue stream for the AI era beyond advertisements.The subscriptions will be for the Meta AI app and website, and represent the latest move by Meta as it seeks to compete with the likes of OpenAI, Anthropic and Google Gemini. Naomi Gleit, the head of product at Meta, revealed the subscription testing in an Instagram video, announcing that the plans "give people who use Meta AI more to work with, more capacity, bigger, more complex requests, and more room to create for businesses and creators."Meta One Plus will cost $7.99 a month while the Meta One Premium plan sells for $19.99 a month, the company confirmed.
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