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DeepSeek Is Raising API Prices Up to 1,100% on August 16: What Changes

Confirmed directly on DeepSeek's own pricing docs — new peak/off-peak billing lands in two days, with output rates up to 4.5x higher at peak hours.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Launches at Half the Price of 3.6 Flash — But Only Until December 31

The leaked $0.75/$3.75 pricing was real. Google confirmed it at launch — as an introductory rate with a firm expiration date, not a permanent cut.

Claude Sonnet 5's Price Increase Is Canceled: Here's What Actually Changed

Anthropic confirmed the scheduled Sept 1 hike won't happen. The $2/$10 rate is now permanent — but that's not the whole story for your bill.

GPT-5.6 Sol's New Ultrafast Mode: What We Know About Pricing (and What We Don't)

OpenAI announced Ultrafast on August 13 — up to 14x faster than Standard, powered by Cerebras. The announcement says nothing about cost.

What Are Reasoning Tokens, and Why Do They Bill as Output?

If a reasoning-capable model's bill looks higher than the visible response justifies, this is usually why — and how to actually estimate it.