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New Models Are Cheaper per Token Than Old Ones. I Had It Backwards

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If your tokens run out fast and all your subscriptions are burning up right now, read this carefully. It sounds dumb, but it is brilliant. So, I ran a deep research on how much a request and a conversation in LLM chats actually costs. Loosely speaking, Opus 4.8 against Opus 5.5. I, the idiot, assum…

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  1. 2026-10-23 08:51 · DEV Community — AI
    New Models Are Cheaper per Token Than Old Ones. I Had It Backwards

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