Chinese AI Models Make Low-Cost the Norm: Tencent's Hy4 Offered Free via WorkBuddy
Intelligent_Ad2105 · reddit · 2026-11-08
A Reddit discussion argues Chinese AI models have moved from simply being cheaper than US rivals to raising performance-per-dollar: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash keeps lifting the bar at a given price, while Tencent's new Hy4 is already being offered free through WorkBuddy. The competition is now about delivering better performance at the same or lower cost — raising questions of whether free access will become a standard user-acquisition play and whether high-end model prices will collapse.
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