On September 22 (local time), Google announced that it will incorporate paid features of the cloud-based Python execution environment, "Google Colaboratory" (Colab), into its various individual subscription plans for "Google AI."
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Google Integrates Colab Paid Perks into AI Subscriptions, Enabling Access to High-Performance GPUs
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With the addition of these perks, subscribers to the paid plans "Google AI Plus," "Google AI Pro," and "Google AI Ultra" will be able to use features equivalent to the paid versions of Colab (Colab Pro, Colab Pro+). Specifically, Google states that users will gain access to background code execution and more powerful GPUs (Graphics Processing Units).
Google explained that the background execution feature will allow for long-term model training even when tabs are closed. These benefits are expected to be rolled out sequentially to Google AI subscribers over the coming weeks.
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- Google AIサブスクに「Colab」有料特典をバンドル 「高性能GPU」にアクセス可能に （ITmedia AI+、2026-09-24）