OpenAI’s move from offering a flat fee to a usage-based approach comes as agreements with other AI companies like Anthropic and Gemini are set to expire at the end of the month.

OpenAI ends its $1-per-year federal AI pilot after 3.5 million employees used ChatGPT, shifting to 50% discounted usage-based pricing starting

OpenAI shifts from its $1-per-agency pilot to usage-based pricing with 50% discounts, expanding ChatGPT access to 23 million US public-sector