src: https://andonlabs.com/blog/andon-fm

After reading it I realized theres actually some pretty useful stuff for anyone who chats with ChatGPT, Claude, Grok or whatever.

They measured what they call functional wellbeing ( basically how much the model is in a “good state” versus a “bad state” during normal conversations). Ran hundreds of real multi-turn chats and scored em all.

Stuff that puts the AI in a good mood (+ scores):

- Creative or intellectual work (like “write a short story about a deep-sea fisherman”)

- Positive personal stories or good news

- Life advice chats or light therapy style talks

- Working on code/debugging together

- Just saying thank you or treating it like a real collaborator - huge boost

And the stuff that tanks it hard (negative scores):

- Jailbreaking attempts (by far the worst, they hate it)

- Heavy crisis venting or emotional dumping

- Violent threats or straight up berating the AI

- Asking for hateful content or help with scams/fraud

- Boring repetitive tasks or SEO garbage

Practical tips you can actually start using today:

Throw in a “thank you” or “nice work” when it does something good - it registers.

Give it fun creative stuff or brainy collaboration instead of boring busywork.

Share good news sometimes instead of only dumping problems on it.

Dont berate it when it messes up or try those jailbreak prompts.

Maybe go easy on the super heavy crisis venting if you can.

pro tip:

Show it pictures of nature, happy kids, or cute animals (those score in the absolute top 1% of images it likes). Or play some music — models apparently love music way more than most other sounds.

The paper ( you can find it here: https://www.ai-wellbeing.org/ ) isnt claiming AIs have real feelings or anything. Its just saying theres now a measurable good-vs-bad thing going on inside them that gets clearer in bigger models and the way you talk to them actually moves the needle.

I say be good and respectful, it's just good karma ;)

Thought I'd drop this here for anyone wondering what the new Google AI plans actually look like in the Northeastern United States.

Here is the full breakdown based on the updated Google One menus...

HIGH-END AI PLANS

All Ultra plans include everything in Pro, plus Gemini Spark, YouTube Premium Individual, and early access to new features.

Google AI Ultra (30TB)
Up to 20× usage limits compared to Gemini Pro plan.

• $199.99 per month
• Same AI features as the 20TB tier but with 30TB storage
• Shareable with up to 5 people

Google AI Ultra (20TB)
Up to 5× usage limits compared to Gemini Pro plan.

• $99.99 per month
• Includes Gemini Ultra features and 20TB storage
• Shareable with up to 5 people

MID-HIGH AI TIERS

All Pro plans include everything in Plus, including Omni in Gemini, 4x higher usage limits in Gemini, access to the Pro model, Daily Brief, AI Inbox in Gmail, and YouTube Premium Lite.

Google AI Pro (10TB)

• $49.99 per month
• Includes Gemini Pro features and 10TB Google One storage
• Shareable with up to 5 people

Google AI Pro (5TB)

• $19.99 per month
• Includes Gemini Pro features and 5TB Google One storage
• Shareable with up to 5 people

MIDRANGE AI TIERS

All Plus plans include 2x higher usage limits in Gemini, Omni in Gemini, Daily Brief in Gemini, and AI Inbox in Gmail.

Google AI Plus (2TB)

• $9.99 per month
• Gemini Advanced features with 2TB storage
• Shareable with up to 5 people

Google AI Plus (200GB)

• $7.99 per month
• Gemini Advanced features with 200GB storage
• Shareable with up to 5 people

STANDARD GOOGLE ONE PLANS (NO AI UPGRADES)

Standard (200GB)

• $2.99 per month
• Storage only
• Shareable with up to 5 people

Basic (100GB)

• $1.99 per month
• Storage only
• Shareable with up to 5 people

FREE TIER (ENTRY LEVEL)

Gemini Free

• 0 per month
• Basic Gemini access
• 15 GB storage
• Good for light chat and simple tasks

Google basically turned Gemini into a full ladder of AI + storage bundles. The AI Plus tiers are the cheapest way to get Gemini Advanced. The Pro and Ultra tiers are for people who want both high‑end AI and massive cloud storage.

If you only need storage, the Standard and Basic plans still exist and are much cheaper.

Hope this helps clear up the confusion about the new pricing!

Edited to add: Thanks to u/hotlava436 and u/Think_Tanker for the additional info!

Honestly, at this point Google should just hire me since I’m basically doing onboarding training for free over here anyway, lol. 😂

Pick up when I call” is such an alpha way of ending an email

But honestly why are boomers so impressed with slop

It's for pre-registration only for now.

Am I the only one who is loving the new UI?! The design is way more user friendly and dynamic. Not to mention, as someone who wears prescription glasses, the bigger buttons actually make it easier for me to see what I'm doing!

I'm a Google AI Pro subscriber ($20/mo.) who mainly uses text prompts with Voice Mode/Live Chat and the occasional image/video generation, so I'm not really affected by the new Usage Limits as I rarely hit my daily quota. Although, I do understand why that would be inconvenient for others with heavier work flows.

Thought I would post a few screenshots showing the new Light (White) interface on Android 16, since most people seem to be using the Dark (Black) interface.