OpenAI Forced to Cut Model Costs Amid Open-Source and Low-Price Pressure
haider1 · x · 2026-07-31
The author notes that OpenAI is feeling the market pressure and smartly cutting model costs. He highlights Kimi K3 as an excellent open-weight model driving competition among hosting providers, and Grok 4.5 offering great value at $2 input and $6 output, matching Opus 4.7 on many benchmarks.
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