Claude Code usage drops to a permanent 125% on Sept 14 as Anthropic's 50% promo ends
Ben's Bites · rss · 2026-09-01
The core news in this Ben's Bites issue: Anthropic is ending Claude Code's months-long 50% extra-usage promo, but instead of reverting to the old 100%, it will keep a permanent 25% increase — 100 units before May 13, 150 units from May 13 to Sept 14, and 125 units after Sept 14. Users also complain the "5x"/"20x" plans are misleading: the multiples apply to the 5-hour limit on $100/$200 plans, while total usage is only 3.5x and 6-8x respectively.
Other highlights: Pieter Levels' Infinite Slop (Twitch-style AI video driven by Fal's H3 Max model, 37k viewers on day one); OpenClaw 2.0 with browser app and shared cloud agent sessions; OpenAI reportedly cutting Cursor's direct model access on Nov 12 over SpaceX-related terms concerns. Ben also shares scraping 105M rows of UK council spend data to build a data-first product with AI, arguing you should "build all your ideas."
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