In fact, there is a move to change the practice of using artificial intelligence (AI) services on an ‘unlimited’ basis to charging fees based on the amount of usage due to the exponential increase in token usage. The movement to change to a ‘pay-as-you-go system’ where the more questions you ask AI and the more calculations or inferences you make, the more you have to pay, is being captured by global big tech. Antropic's top artificial intelligence (AI) model 'Fable 5', which faced export restrictions, extended access restrictions for existing 'flat-rate users' for 7 more days ahead of the switch to a pay-as-you-go billing policy based on token usage. Antropic announced on the 12th (local time) through the 'Claude' official 'X' (X, old Twitter) account that it would extend access to Claude Fable 5 in all paid plans until the 19th. Antropic was planning to switch to a ‘pay-as-you-go system’ that would charge additional fees for using Fable 5 based on token usage starting on the 8th of this month (local time). Previously, Antropic Cloud was used by developers and companies as an API (application protocol).