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OpenAI slashes GPT-5.6 prices 80% after rapid launch
Aug 1, 2026SOURCE: aliteq.com
SO WHAT
The window is narrowing: model access is becoming cheaper, but control over the stack is likely to concentrate faster.
OpenAI cut GPT-5.6 Luna pricing by 80% just weeks after launch, signaling a faster, harsher AI price war. The wire is clear: frontier capability is moving from scarcity pricing toward collapse pricing.
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