AI pricing
6 published articles
AI Economics
Alibaba's $18 plan runs Qwen and DeepSeek inside Claude Code
Alibaba Cloud's Token Plan Individual bundles Qwen and third-party models such as DeepSeek into a single credit pool, from $6 a month, usable inside Claude Code and Cursor. The company claims roughly 40% savings over pay-as-you-go, but the plan only works from Singapore and only inside approved tools.
2026-08-14
Artificial Intelligence
Grok 4.6 ties GPT-5.6 Sol at 61, then the component scores split
xAI's Grok 4.6 ties GPT-5.6 Sol at 61 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, a composite of nine benchmarks. The breakdown is lopsided: wins on knowledge work and most coding tests, losses on DeepSWE and Terminal-Bench. Available now in Cursor and Grok Build, from $2 per million input tokens.
2026-08-13
Video generation
MiniMax scrapped its proven architecture to make H3 do everything
MiniMax says H3 unifies text, image, video and audio generation in one model, prices 2K output below a third of mainstream models, and plans to open the weights within days. The small print is the real story: the company abandoned the architecture that gave it an edge to get there.
2026-08-07
AI Video Generation
Wan3.0-Video charges by the second: a 30-second clip runs to $6
Alibaba's Wan3.0-Video bills per second on DashScope, with a 30-second 1080P clip costing $6 per generation. We break down the pricing tiers, the multi-input workflow, and the questions the listing leaves unanswered.
2026-08-07
AI Models
Claude Opus 5 nearly matches Fable 5 across benchmarks, with cybersecurity as a deliberate blind spot
Claude Opus 5 launches with near-Fable-level scores on coding and knowledge benchmarks at half the price. But its deliberately weakened cybersecurity capabilities create a clear trade-off for developers.
2026-07-24
Artificial intelligence
Sonnet 4.6 just made Opus look expensive. That changes everything.
Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4.6 matches or beats Opus-class performance on key benchmarks while keeping the same pricing as Sonnet 4.5. Early developer preference data and customer testimonials suggest the model is already displacing costlier alternatives for real-world agentic and coding tasks.
2026-07-14