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Looks like China’s gone from being 6 months “behind” to more like 6 weeks “behind.”
Kind of pricey, but still the cheapest in its weight class. Could be they’re simply squeezing what profits they can out of it. I read that they’re planning to open the weights in August, at which point third parties will be able to compete based on whatever the actual cost of running it is.
Looks like China’s gone from being 6 months “behind” to more like 6 weeks “behind.”
Kind of pricey, but still the cheapest in its weight class. Could be they’re simply squeezing what profits they can out of it. I read that they’re planning to open the weights in August, at which point third parties will be able to compete based on whatever the actual cost of running it is.
Sonnet 4.6 price equivalent, with half to a third of it’s tok/s. It’ll be interesting to see if the near gpt 5.6 or opus 4.8 level is accurate.