… "Most users were in extra usage territory anyway, well beyond what the base seat fee covered. "What's actually changing is that the seat fee no longer bundles any usage allowance at all. Every token gets billed at standard API rates on top of the base seat. …
… "Ads on Maps will appear when users search in Maps, and can appear at the top of a user's search results based on relevance, as well as at the top of a new Suggested Places experience in Maps, which will display recommendations based on what's trending nearby, the user's recent searches, and more,"… …
… Takuya Tominaga, founder and CEO of Leach, a generative AI startup based in Tokyo, discovered the unexpected bill following some experimentation with Claude. …