I do that a lot, too, not only for research but for other tasks as well: brainstorming, translation, editing, coding, writing, summarizing, discussion, voice chat, etc.
I pay for the basic monthly tiers from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Perplexity, Mistral, and Hugging Face, and I occasionally pay per-token for API calls as well.
It seems excessive, I know, but that's the only way I can keep up with what the latest AI is and is not capable of and how I can or cannot use the tools for various purposes.
I do that a lot, too, not only for research but for other tasks as well: brainstorming, translation, editing, coding, writing, summarizing, discussion, voice chat, etc.
I pay for the basic monthly tiers from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Perplexity, Mistral, and Hugging Face, and I occasionally pay per-token for API calls as well.
It seems excessive, I know, but that's the only way I can keep up with what the latest AI is and is not capable of and how I can or cannot use the tools for various purposes.