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deaux 51 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Claude Opus 4.7 Model Card

> It seems to be a rule that older models are more expensive than newer ones.

It isn't. Gemini has gotten more expensive with each release. Anthropic has stayed pretty similar over time, no? When is the last time OpenAI dropped API prices? OpenAI started very high because they were the first, so there was a ton of low hanging fruit and there was much room to drop.

mvkel 51 days ago [–]

I'm talking about gross margins, not revenue.

It's well known that GPT-4 is much more expensive to operate than the GPT-5 family.

Of course they won't drop the prices; it's pure profit if they make models more efficient.

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