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Anthropic and OpenAI revise AI plan usage limits, with subscribers weighing how the changes compare

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Between August 25 and September 10, 2026, Anthropic, OpenAI, and GitHub Copilot each changed usage limits on their paid AI plans. Anthropic described a permanent 25% increase to Claude Code weekly limits starting September 14, though measured against the level subscribers had enjoyed since May, the new limit is a 17% reduction. The change follows a series of promotional extensions that had raised the ceiling by 50% for about fifteen weeks. OpenAI separately announced the return of a rolling five-hour usage limit for Plus accounts. Analysts suggest the moves reflect a broader shift as promotional pricing ends and vendors ration the high compute costs of frontier models.

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