Folks would possibly say they don’t seem to be keen to pay for AI, however numbers present in any other case.
Earlier this yr, a ZDNET/Aberdeen survey into AI assistants discovered that solely 8% of adults mentioned they’d be keen to pay further for AI capabilities of their services and products. A latest CNET research centered round AI in Alexa units confirmed a equally cool reception.
Regardless of these experiences, although, the variety of individuals paying for AI is hovering.
In keeping with new numbers in a Reuters report, Google One service simply handed 150 million subscribers. That is a 50% enhance from February of final yr, when it handed 100 million subscribers.
Google One, which debuted in 2018, presents a number of helpful advantages, corresponding to expanded space for storing and extra options, on its $2 a month and $10 a month plans. Nevertheless, the $20 a month AI Premium plan provides entry to Gemini Superior plus Gemini throughout Google merchandise like Gmail and Docs.
The premium AI plan was launched in February 2024, which is — in all probability not coincidentally — the date Google One subscriptions began to rise extra shortly than ever. In keeping with Shimrit Ben-Yair, a vice chairman of Google Pictures and Google One, the paid tier has “hundreds of thousands” of subscriptions.
A report from one month in the past confirmed an identical spike in paid ChatGPT subscriptions, with the corporate making “at the very least $415 million per 30 days” in income. A subscription there additionally prices $20 a month. That value level can be what the rumored value level for Apple Intelligence may very well be.
General, it appears the vast majority of individuals are nonetheless warming as much as AI. When you ask the final inhabitants, they both don’t need AI in any respect or they don’t seem to be keen to pay for it but. However the individuals who have began to embrace AI do not thoughts paying for enhanced AI options.
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