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Google plans to restrict Gemini model access on free and AI Plus plans
Starting October 9, free personal accounts will have access to Flash-Lite but not Flash or Pro, Google's help page says. AI Plus subscribers will retain Flash and Flash-Lite but lose Pro on a date Google will send by email; 9to5Google independently reviewed the updated terms. AI Pro and Ultra subscribers retain Pro access. ·
Why it mattersPeople using Gemini's more capable models on lower-priced plans may need to upgrade to keep that choice.
Tools & releases
Bilibili opens a free Index-Translate API
Its October 4 release notes say developers can call the 35B-A3B preview translation model through OpenAI-compatible endpoints; the model weights first appeared September 30.
Why it mattersDevelopers can test the translation model without hosting its weights.
Limited coverage: The r/MachineLearning feed returned a rate-limit error; the Google bug-bounty article's body was unavailable.