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Google's Gemini 4 Argon offers a limited-time discount, making it the cheapest frontier AI model for Australian developers and startups.

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, Mistral Large 4, and Cohere Command A+ show stark pricing and feature differences in 2026.

Claude Opus 5.5 outperforms Mistral Large 4 by 19.6 points on Artificial Analysis's Intelligence Index, with a significant cost difference.

Anthropic's Max plan subscribers sue, alleging deceptive advertising of usage limits in the $100-$200/month tier.

Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1, improving safety and cutting prices amid AI security concerns.

Google reduces AI model pricing by 90% to compete with Anthropic and Microsoft, targeting developers and startups.

OpenAI and Anthropic unveil a new metric to help users better understand and compare the costs of AI models.

OpenAI launches a $125/month premium business tier for ChatGPT, offering 5x the usage limits of standard seats.

China's DeepSeek V4 Flash model executes complex tasks at $0.03, 91% cheaper than Anthropic's Fable 5, reshaping AI competition.

Anthropic releases Claude Opus 5 at Opus 4.8 pricing, outperforming Fable 5 in agentic tasks while costing half as much.

Anthropic introduces rupee pricing for Claude in India, its second-largest market, with 5.8% of global usage, but UPI payments remain unavailable.

Anthropic's updated tokenizer increases token consumption for Claude, making it up to 73% more expensive than OpenAI's GPT-5.x for some tasks.

Anthropic introduces rupee pricing for Claude in India, its second-largest market, with plans starting at ₹2,000 per month.