◆THE RECEIPT · WEEKLY DIGEST · MONDAYS
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Every Monday morning: a recap of the past week in silent AI vendor changes - pricing flips, rate-limit cuts, plan removals, model swaps - ranked by Nerf Score. Each issue is also delivered as the Sunday email digest.
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- VOL I · ISSUE 026Claude (Anthropic): Anthropic moves Claude Agent SDK / programmatic usage off subscription pools to ...2026-06-29 → 2026-07-051 new receipt this week, 0 critical, 1 major. Top story: Claude (Anthropic) - Anthropic moves Claude Agent SDK / programmatic usage off subscription pools to a separately-metered API-rate credit (June 15). Other movers: Claude (Anthropic).1 receipt this week
- VOL I · ISSUE 025Gemini (Google): Forecast watch - Gemini (Google) on deck2026-06-22 → 2026-06-281 new receipt this week, 0 critical, 0 major. Top story: Gemini (Google) - Forecast watch - Gemini (Google) on deck. Other movers: Gemini (Google).1 receipt this week
- VOL I · ISSUE 024A quiet week2026-06-15 → 2026-06-211 new receipt this week. 1 item this week, none rated critical. Top story: Gemini (Google) - Forecast watch - Gemini (Google) on deck. Forecast watch: Gemini (Google) - 82% chance of a change in the next 30 days based on cadence.0 receipts this week
- VOL I · ISSUE 023Claude (Anthropic): Claude Fable 5 hard-refuses cybersecurity, bio/chem, and 'distillation' prompts ...2026-06-08 → 2026-06-141 new receipt this week. 1 item this week, none rated critical. Top story: Claude (Anthropic) - Claude Fable 5 hard-refuses cybersecurity, bio/chem, and 'distillation' prompts - silently routing them to the older Opus 4.8.1 receipt this week
- VOL I · ISSUE 022GitHub Copilot: GitHub Copilot moves to usage-based billing2026-06-01 → 2026-06-072 new receipts this week. 1 major, 1 minor or info. Top story: GitHub Copilot - GitHub Copilot moves to usage-based billing.1 receipt this week
- VOL I · ISSUE 021A quiet week2026-05-25 → 2026-05-311 new receipt this week. 1 item this week, none rated critical. Top story: Gemini (Google) - Forecast watch - Gemini (Google) on deck. Forecast watch: Gemini (Google) - 95% chance of a change in the next 30 days based on cadence.0 receipts this week
- VOL I · ISSUE 020Gemini: Gemini app + AI Mode default switched from Gemini 3 Flash to 3.5 Flash with no i...2026-05-18 → 2026-05-243 new receipts this week. 1 major, 2 minor or info. Top story: Gemini - Gemini app + AI Mode default switched from Gemini 3 Flash to 3.5 Flash with no in-app notice. On the positive side: Gemini (Gemini 3.5 Flash added to the developer API; Google's migrat).2 receipts this week
- VOL I · ISSUE 019A quiet week2026-05-11 → 2026-05-171 new receipt this week. 1 item this week, none rated critical. Top story: Gemini (Google) - Forecast watch - Gemini (Google) on deck. Forecast watch: Gemini (Google) - 93% chance of a change in the next 30 days based on cadence.0 receipts this week
- VOL I · ISSUE 016OpenAI API: OpenAI doubles flagship API token prices with GPT-5.5: $2.50/$15 to $5.00/$30 pe...2026-04-20 → 2026-04-263 new receipts this week, 0 critical, 1 major. Top story: OpenAI API - OpenAI doubles flagship API token prices with GPT-5.5: $2.50/$15 to $5.00/$30 per 1M tokens. Other movers: OpenAI API, Claude Code, DeepSeek.3 receipts this week
- VOL I · ISSUE 015Claude (Anthropic): Anthropic moved newer Claude models to dateless model IDs (still pinned)2026-04-13 → 2026-04-191 new receipt this week, 0 critical, 0 major. Top story: Claude (Anthropic) - Anthropic moved newer Claude models to dateless model IDs (still pinned). Other movers: Claude (Anthropic).1 receipt this week
- VOL I · ISSUE 013ChatGPT: OpenAI moves Codex pricing to token-based credits across Plus, Pro, Business, En...2026-03-30 → 2026-04-051 new receipt this week, 0 critical, 1 major. Top story: ChatGPT - OpenAI moves Codex pricing to token-based credits across Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise. Other movers: ChatGPT.1 receipt this week
- VOL I · ISSUE 009Runway: Runway Gen-3 Alpha moved from Standard ($35/mo) to Pro ($95/mo) tier2026-03-02 → 2026-03-081 new receipt this week, 0 critical, 1 major. Top story: Runway - Runway Gen-3 Alpha moved from Standard ($35/mo) to Pro ($95/mo) tier. Other movers: Runway.1 receipt this week
- VOL I · ISSUE 008Midjourney: Midjourney removes Basic ($10/mo) tier with v7 launch — minimum subscription is ...2026-02-23 → 2026-03-011 new receipt this week, 1 critical, 0 major. Top story: Midjourney - Midjourney removes Basic ($10/mo) tier with v7 launch — minimum subscription is now $30/mo. Other movers: Midjourney.1 receipt this week
- VOL I · ISSUE 007Devin: Devin's ACU consumption per task silently rebalanced upward2026-02-16 → 2026-02-221 new receipt this week, 0 critical, 1 major. Top story: Devin - Devin's ACU consumption per task silently rebalanced upward. Other movers: Devin.1 receipt this week
- VOL I · ISSUE 005DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 API output token price doubles after launch promotion ends2026-02-02 → 2026-02-081 new receipt this week, 0 critical, 0 major. Top story: DeepSeek - DeepSeek V3 API output token price doubles after launch promotion ends. Other movers: DeepSeek.1 receipt this week
- VOL I · ISSUE 003Grok (xAI): xAI rolls back Grok-4 rate-limit cut on Premium tier after subscriber backlash2026-01-19 → 2026-01-251 new receipt this week, 0 critical, 0 major. Top story: Grok (xAI) - xAI rolls back Grok-4 rate-limit cut on Premium tier after subscriber backlash. Other movers: Grok (xAI).1 receipt this week
- VOL I · ISSUE 001Lovable: Lovable tightens daily message ceiling on $25 plan from 30 to 182026-01-05 → 2026-01-111 new receipt this week, 0 critical, 0 major. Top story: Lovable - Lovable tightens daily message ceiling on $25 plan from 30 to 18. Other movers: Lovable.1 receipt this week