[mwigdahl]

During the initial release, they indicated you'd be able to use Fable 5 as part of your subscription for a limited period of time, and then it would require usage credits. They also did say at that time that they hoped to make it a part of the subscription plans again at some point after that.

For this return, they've extended the usage period to July 7, but limited you to 50% of your usage quota, and have not restated the desire to make it permanently part of the subscription plans at some point.

I still have hope, but it's not moving in the right direction to be sure.

[robot_jesus]

Personal prediction: I do think the market will essentially force their hand to include it in subscriptions before too long. OpenAI, local models, Chinese models will continue to improve.

But, there are also harsh realities of compute volume and cost to run all of these will be fighting against.

What I do expect is a multi-tiered rollout of future models. You want the latest SOTA release? Usage credits.

Subscription plans will end up getting models on a lagging interval of a few months.

[usef-]

I do think compute is the limiter here. It's a huge model.

[BoorishBears]

> After July 7, 2026, Claude Fable 5 is no longer included in your plan’s weekly usage limits. You can keep using Claude Fable 5 through usage credits, which let you pay for usage beyond what your plan includes.

They stated the desire not to bring it to the subscription.

[llm_nerd]

Right, just as they did in the original announcement. It would become pay only. They then mentioned that it may return to the subscription in the future, which is kind of obvious: Once the SOTA had advanced further and this is just the last gen model, it'll likely be dumped in the sub.