Reddit user reports Argon request costs dropped ~93% overnight on identical workloads
No-Humor4927 · reddit · 2026-11-12
A Reddit user running the same daily workload (250-word guide pages from the same source) reports Argon costs suddenly fell to 7% of prior levels, down from around 15 in previous days, which also included double-generations costing 30. Suggests the model quietly got much cheaper or more efficient; unconfirmed officially.
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