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The collapse of AI prices
Opus 5.5 at 60% less, GPT-6 at half price, French costing more than English: how the price of AI is collapsing, and what it changes for you.
01ExplainersTraining and inference: the two costs of AI that everyone keeps confusingThere's a lot of talk about the cost of training models, but rarely about the cost of their daily use. We explain the difference b02ExplainersWhy does your French cost more than English when you use an AI?For equivalent content, writing in French consumes more tokens than English, which increases cost and reduces the available space 03ModelsNew wave of price cuts: flagship models are becoming significantly cheaperOpenAI has cut the price of its most powerful model by more than 20%, with a promotion announced until November. Google and Meta a04ModelsClaude Opus 5.5: flagship-level performance for 60% lessAnthropic has released Claude Opus 5.5, claimed to be on a par with Fable 5.1 at a far lower cost. We analyse the figures, the com05ModelsGPT-6 Sol and Luna: prices halved, the same evening as Opus 5.5OpenAI has released GPT-6 Sol and Luna with prices halved, just hours after Claude Opus 5.5. We analyse the figures, the tests whe06VisionEverything will get cheaper. Even your job?AI makes a lot of things cheaper, including human labour. Good news when you're buying, bad news when you're selling. Who comes ou