I mean who doesn’t have a couple grands to donate? That’s like the chump change you get for groceries or smth

There are groups that give access to pirated AI. When I was a student, i used them to make projects. As for how they get access to it? They usually jailbreak websites that provide free trials and automate the account creation process. The higher quality ones scam big companies for startup credits. Then there are also some leaked keys.

Anyways thats what i would call “pirated AI”. (Not the locally run AI)