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ChatGPT brings ads to Australia — what changes on the free tier (2026)

OpenAI is bringing ads to ChatGPT in Australia on the Free and Go tiers — the first AI assistant to ad-fund its free tier here. Paid plans stay ad-free.

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Gemini 3.1 Pro lands — Google's reasoning leap, and what it means for Australians (2026)

Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro more than doubles the reasoning score of Gemini 3 Pro and ships to the Gemini app and NotebookLM — a free upgrade for most Australian users.

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Claude Sonnet 4.6 lands — same price, better default for Australian users (2026)

Anthropic upgraded Claude's default model to Sonnet 4.6 — better across coding, reasoning and agent work, with no change to the price Australians pay.

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ChatGPT Go Goes Global: Australia Finally Gets a Sub-$15 Paid Tier (2026)

ChatGPT Go is now available worldwide at US$8 a month. For Australians, it is the first paid ChatGPT tier under A$15 — but it sits well short of Plus.