Models/press release/2026-09-22

OpenAI and Anthropic adjust frontier model pricing, with OpenAI's new model priced at half of Anthropic's

Anthropic and OpenAI have both adjusted the pricing of their frontier AI models. OpenAI reportedly priced its new model at exactly half the cost of Anthropic's, doing so hours after Anthropic's launch. Digitimes notes these price cuts occurred ten days after both companies had called for a slowdown in AI development.

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3 outlets covered “OpenAI and Anthropic adjust frontier model pricing, with OpenAI's new model priced at…”. All of them report the following:

  • Anthropic and OpenAI both adjusted frontier model prices
  • OpenAI priced its new model at half of Anthropic's

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The price cuts occurred ten days after both companies called for a slowdown in AI development.

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OpenAI priced its new model hours after Anthropic launched.

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