Anthropic and OpenAI now competing hard on cost, not just intelligence
TansuYegen · x · 2026-09-23
The author notes Anthropic released Claude Opus 5.5 right as OpenAI rolled out cheaper GPT 6 models, with both companies suddenly competing hard on cost rather than just intelligence.
This is typically what happens when a technology moves from impressive to genuinely useful at scale. The price war may accelerate AI adoption more than the model war did.
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