Google ditches the paywall for Gmail’s AI powers

Stuff | 09.01.2026 17:06
Early adopters of Google’s paid-for AI features won’t be too thrilled about the recent announcement that it was tearing down the paywall and offering up Gmail’s AI powers to everyone. Even those who’d rather read their emails instead of a soulless bot doing it for them will have to opt out of the features, which are on by default.