OpenAI Weighs Sharp Token Price Cuts to Counter Anthropic
OpenAI is weighing steep cuts to its token prices to win users from Anthropic, signaling a possible price war as both companies head toward IPOs.
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OpenAI is weighing steep cuts to its token prices to win users from Anthropic, signaling a possible price war as both companies head toward IPOs.
Anthropic has released Claude Fable 5, its most capable model available to the general public, alongside Claude Mythos 5 – an identical underlying model with key safety restrictions removed, available only to approved cybersecurity and research partners.
JPMorgan Chase plans to roll out AI agents capable of operating autonomously for one to two hours later this year, as the bank’s chief analytics officer says the technology has moved from single-task tools to multi-step workflow managers.
Goldman Sachs is projecting SpaceX’s AI revenues will grow roughly 100 times by 2030 – from $3.2 billion to $322 billion annually – figures the bank is using to anchor a $1.78 trillion IPO valuation for the company it is simultaneously leading to market.
Anthropic has called on the global AI industry to consider slowing or temporarily pausing frontier model development, warning that AI systems are already automating parts of their own creation and that full recursive self-improvement – where AI designs and trains its own successors without human involvement – could arrive within one to two years.
Microsoft has introduced seven proprietary AI models spanning reasoning, coding, image generation, transcription, and voice synthesis.
OpenAI has introduced role-specific plugins, collaborative websites, and annotation tools for Codex as the platform expands beyond software development. More than 5 million people now use Codex weekly, with non-developers becoming one of its fastest-growing user groups.
Nvidia has launched Vera, its first CPU designed specifically for AI agents and large-scale AI infrastructure. The processor promises up to 1.8 times faster performance than traditional x86 CPUs and will be adopted by major AI labs, cloud providers, and server manufacturers.
Nvidia has unveiled its first Arm-based PC processor, the RTX Spark superchip, which will power a new generation of Windows laptops and desktops.
Anthropic has opened a new office in Milan, expanding its European footprint as adoption of Claude accelerates among Italian enterprises, startups, and research institutions.
Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.8, introducing performance improvements, stronger reliability, and new user controls. The launch also brings dynamic workflows for Claude Code and configurable effort levels across Claude applications.
Anthropic has raised a $65 billion Series H round at a $965 billion valuation, surpassing OpenAI to become Silicon Valley’s most valuable AI company.
An enterprise company reportedly spent $500 million on Anthropic’s Claude in a single month after failing to implement usage controls.
BNP Paribas says it is strengthening cybersecurity defenses as increasingly powerful AI systems accelerate the discovery of software vulnerabilities across the financial sector.
Microsoft has reportedly begun canceling many internal Claude Code licenses and shifting employees toward GitHub Copilot CLI as AI coding tool costs continue to rise across the tech industry.