Topic: api pricing
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DeepSeek's "Sparse Attention" Cuts AI Costs Dramatically
DeepSeek has developed "Sparse Attention" technology to reduce AI computational costs, addressing hardware limitations due to export restrictions on advanced chips. The company claims its implementation achieves "fine-grained sparse attention" for the first time, leading to a 50% reduction in API...
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OpenAI's ChatGPT Rivals Google's Nano Banana Pro in Image Generation
OpenAI has significantly upgraded its ChatGPT image generation model, delivering faster speeds, greater prompt accuracy, and more nuanced control, making it a stronger competitor in the AI image space. Key enhancements include superior image editing for targeted adjustments, a stronger grasp of c...
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Mistral AI Launches New Coding Models
Mistral AI has launched Devstral 2, a powerful 123B-parameter coding model, and the Mistral Vibe CLI tool to compete with major AI labs and coding-focused LLMs. The Vibe CLI enables natural language "vibe-coding" for terminal automation, emphasizing context awareness by scanning files and Git sta...
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DeepSeek's New AI Model Challenges Alibaba Qwen and OpenAI
DeepSeek has launched an experimental AI model, DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp, challenging competitors like Alibaba and OpenAI with its advanced Sparse Attention technology that cuts computational costs and boosts performance. The company introduced a 50% reduction in API pricing to lower adoption barriers a...
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AI Costs Rising in 2026? 3 Ways to Save Money Now
Rising costs for AI services are driven by expensive DRAM memory chips, pressure on providers to monetize, and models generating longer, more verbose outputs. AI companies are passing on costs through higher API fees due to hardware inflation and expensive licensing deals for training data, while...
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