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Anthropic has doubled Claude Code's five-hour usage limits for Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise users while removing peak hour restrictions for Pro and Max plans. The company also increased API limits by up to 1500% for input tokens per minute through a compute capacity deal with SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center.

Google is developing an intermediate subscription tier called 'AI Ultra Lite' to slot between its $20 Pro and $250 Ultra plans, according to code discovered in the Gemini macOS app. The company is also preparing a usage dashboard showing token budgets across five-hour and weekly limits.

Anthropic removed Claude Code from its Pro subscription plan pricing page on Tuesday, though the company claims the change is only a test affecting approximately 2% of new prosumer signups. Existing Pro and Max subscribers remain unaffected, according to head of growth Amol Avasare.

OpenAI's pricing page created confusion about usage limits across its new ChatGPT Pro tiers. An OpenAI employee clarified that the $100 plan provides at least 10x Plus usage while the $200 plan offers at least 20x, though both currently benefit from a temporary 2x boost expiring May 31.

Anthropic has identified two primary causes for Claude Code users hitting usage limits faster than expected: stricter rate limiting during peak hours and sessions with context windows exceeding 1 million tokens. The company also recommends switching to Sonnet 4.6 instead of Opus, which consumes limits roughly twice as fast.

Anthropic on Wednesday adjusted Claude's session limits for Free, Pro, and Max subscribers during peak demand hours (05:00-11:00 PT / 13:00-19:00 GMT). Users can now consume five hours of allowance in under five hours during these periods, while off-peak usage maintains standard pacing. Approximately 7% of Pro tier users will hit limits they previously wouldn't have encountered.

Anthropic is temporarily doubling Claude's usage limits outside peak hours through March 27, 2026. The promotion applies to Free, Pro, Max, and Team plans, with non-peak hour limits increasing from 5 to 10 hours. Peak hours (weekdays 8am-2pm) remain unchanged.

Anthropic is doubling usage limits for Claude across all subscription tiers (except Enterprise) from March 13 to March 27, 2026. The promotion applies during a five-hour off-peak window outside weekday hours between 8 AM and 2 PM ET, automatically benefiting users on web, desktop, mobile, and integrated applications like Claude Code and Claude for Excel.