Open-weight AI models undercut proprietary rivals by up to 50x, raising questions about Big Tech's pricing strategy

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The article discusses the dramatic price disparity between open-weight AI models like DeepSeek V4 and proprietary models from Anthropic and OpenAI, noting nearly a 50x price increase for the latter. The author expresses concern that Anthropic and OpenAI have backed themselves into a corner with high costs and questions whether they can reduce prices by 20-50x to compete with open-weight alternatives like DeepSeek and Xiaomi's Mimo.

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Hacker NewsOpen-weight AI models undercut proprietary rivals by up to 50x, raising questions about Big Tech's pricing strategyjamesoclaire.com