AI inference costs dropped 43% in ten weeks to $1.16 per million tokens as OpenAI slashed GPT-5.6 prices 80% and Chinese models intensify

AI inference costs dropped 43% in ten weeks to $1.16 per million tokens as OpenAI slashed GPT-5.6 prices 80% and Chinese models intensify

A key market benchmark fell to 97 cents per million tokens on Monday, less than half its peak from earlier this summer