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Re:OpenAI and Anthropic cut their LLM prices by up to 80% wi... by eeedda on Sunday October 25, 2026 @11:10PM (#50238611)
I wouldn't say 'help' the consumer as that makes it seem like things are biased.

The idealistic perfectly competitive markets entail exhausting all gains from trade.

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Re:OpenAI and Anthropic cut their LLM prices by up to 80% wi... by smallmancontrov on Monday October 26, 2026 @09:41AM (#50243530)
...but in practice there are a few highly suboptimal Nash Equilibria sprinkled throughout the market that are systematically unaddressable by greedy optimization, and these turn into an infinite money glitch for the rich and an infinite resource drain for the poor.
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