Alibaba uncages Qwen-Max as DeepSeek V4-Flash lands at $0.14 per million tokens
The Register AI · Aug 4, 2026 · 2 min read
The gloves are off in China's AI model race. Alibaba just released Qwen-Max—its most capable model—as open source, endi...
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The Register AI · Aug 4, 2026 · 2 min read
The gloves are off in China's AI model race. Alibaba just released Qwen-Max—its most capable model—as open source, endi...
The Decoder · Jul 31, 2026 · 2 min read
DeepSeek just dropped V4 Flash "0731" and the numbers make OpenAI's recent price cuts look timid. The Artificial Analys...
OpenAI Blog · Jul 31, 2026 · 2 min read
OpenAI just made its most aggressive pricing move yet, slashing the cost of GPT-5.6 Luna by 80 percent to $0.20 per mil...
TechCrunch AI · Jul 29, 2026 · 2 min read
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is dragging the AI conversation out of the demo room and into the boardroom. The AI Stage, runn...
The Decoder · Jul 17, 2026 · 3 min read
The era of surprisingly cheap, high-performance Chinese AI models might be coming to an end. Kimi's new K3 model is a m...
The Decoder · Jul 14, 2026 · 2 min read
DeepSeek is already back for more. The Hangzhou-based AI lab is in early talks with investors for a new round at a $71...
TechCrunch AI · Jul 13, 2026 · 2 min read
Anthropic is no longer asking its Indian users to do mental math on dollar conversions. The company has started rolling...
The Decoder · Jul 9, 2026 · 1 min read
xAI just dropped Grok 4.5, and its pricing is aggressively low: $2 per million input tokens versus $10-$50 for rivals l...
The Register AI · Apr 30, 2026 · 2 min read
Anthropic just made a move that's going to force every other AI lab to squirm. Opus 5 is here, and it costs exactly hal...
The Register AI · Apr 30, 2026 · 2 min read
Anthropic just made a move that should have competitors rethinking their pricing sheets. The company debuted Opus 5, a...
The Register AI · Apr 30, 2026 · 2 min read
Anthropic just made a move that's part pricing strategy and part privacy olive branch. The company debuted Opus 5, a ne...
The Register AI · Apr 29, 2026 · 2 min read
Anthropic just made a move that feels less like a pricing update and more like a competitive shiv. The company debuted...
The Register AI · Apr 29, 2026 · 2 min read
Anthropic just made its most aggressive pricing move yet. Opus 5, the latest iteration of its flagship model, launched...
The Register AI · Apr 29, 2026 · 2 min read
Anthropic just made its most capable model a lot cheaper and a lot more private. Opus 5, the latest iteration of the co...
The Register AI · Apr 28, 2026 · 2 min read
Anthropic just shook up its pricing strategy in a way that demands attention. The company quietly debuted Opus 5, and t...
The Register AI · Apr 27, 2026 · 2 min read
Anthropic made a pair of moves this week that signal a sharpening fight for enterprise wallets. The company cut the pri...