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DeepSeek, Xiaomi Just Made Frontier AI 99% Cheaper. American Labs Went the Other Way
DeepSeek and Xiaomi have significantly reduced the cost of frontier AI models in China, making them 99% cheaper than GPT-5.5 and Claude Opus. This contrasts with American labs, which have not adopted similar price cuts.
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