OpenAI and Anthropic in price war as Chinese AI rivals gain ground

OpenAI slashed prices for its GPT-5.6 Luna model by 80%.

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OpenAI recently said that it was slashing prices for GPT-5.6 Luna, its “fastest and most affordable model”, by 80 percent.

arstechnica.com

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