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Essay "Tokens Too Cheap to Meter" sparks debate over AI cost collapse

Commenter notes newer model releases continue the price-efficiency trend

A Lobsters commenter points out that since the essay was written, new versions of Claude Opus, GPT Luna and GPT Sol have shipped, each claimed to be cheaper and more capable than its predecessor, suggesting the trend described in the post is ongoing.

“Since this post was written, there have actually been some more price-efficiency improvements from the U.S. LLM companies... For now, the trend continues.”

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