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AI companies in a squeeze

Claude, an AI service that I use, has been highly restricted for the past little while. Luckily, this means I get more yardwork and shopping done, but it's not the service I thought I was paying for. Mind you, I wrote last year that I think this whole public AI service goes away at some point because it's costing someone a fortune.

The only way I see this whole model stabilizing is if they get it trained properly, focus on those with the pockets to pay (corporate clients) and then charge accordingly. I think it explains the gold rush mentality we see today. Also, it means we're training the tools that we won't later be able to afford as private consumers. It's the same as watching Web 1.0 morph into the Facebook/Google walled environments. Maybe some public sector versions will emerge, but I'm guessing this current phase changes very soon and very dramatically.