OpenAI and Anthropic in price war as Chinese AI rivals gain ground
Ars Technica Jamie John ● Covered by 2 sources
OpenAI and Anthropic cut prices on new model releases as customers shift to lower-cost Chinese AI rivals. OpenAI slashed prices for GPT-5.6 Luna by 80 percent. More companies will move to cheaper options to control rising AI spending, increasing competitive pressure from Chinese labs like Moonshot and DeepSeek.
Why it matters
US groups release cheaper models after new challenges to their trillion-dollar ambitions.