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Competition Is Why Our AI Bill Just Got 500x Cheaper

GPT-4-level intelligence costs 500 times less than it did in 2023. That didn't happen from one company getting generous, it happened because Anthropic, Google, Meta, and a wave of Chinese labs forced the price of capability into freefall. Here's the chart that proves it, and the research infrastructure behind why it's not slowing down.

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Competition Is Why Our AI Bill Just Got 500x Cheaper

GPT-4-level intelligence costs 500 times less than it did in 2023. That didn't happen from one company getting generous, it happened because Anthropic, Google, Meta, and a wave of Chinese labs forced the price of capability into freefall. Here's the chart that proves it, and the research infrastructure behind why it's not slowing down.

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