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Anthropic prices Haiku 5.5 at $0.10/1M input and $0.50/1M output tokens for requests up to 100K tokens, and $0.50 and $2.50 above, vs. $1 and $5 for Haiku 4.5 (Frederic Lardinois/The New Stack)

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### Briefing Anthropic, an AI language model, has introduced new pricing tiers for its service. Starting from $0.10 per 1 million input tokens and $0.50 per 1 million output tokens for requests up to 100,000 tokens, the pricing increases to $0.50 and $2.50 above that limit. In contrast, OpenAI's Haiku 4.5 charges $1 per request and $5 per request above 100,000 tokens.

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### Briefing Anthropic, an AI language model, has introduced new pricing tiers for its s…: ### Briefing Anthropic, an AI language model, has introduced new pricing tiers for its service.
Starting from $0.10 per 1 million input tokens and $0.50 per 1 million output tokens for…: Starting from $0.10 per 1 million input tokens and $0.50 per 1 million output tokens for requests up to 100,000 tokens, the pricing increases to $0.50 and $2.50 above that limit.
In contrast, OpenAI's Haiku 4.5 charges $1 per request and $5 per request above 100,000 t…: In contrast, OpenAI's Haiku 4.5 charges $1 per request and $5 per request above 100,000 tokens.

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### Briefing Anthropic, an AI language model, has introduced new pricing tiers for its s…: ### Briefing Anthropic, an AI language model, has introduced new pricing tiers for its service.
Starting from $0.10 per 1 million input tokens and $0.50 per 1 million output tokens for…: Starting from $0.10 per 1 million input tokens and $0.50 per 1 million output tokens for requests up to 100,000 tokens, the pricing increases to $0.50 and $2.50 above that limit.
In contrast, OpenAI's Haiku 4.5 charges $1 per request and $5 per request above 100,000 t…: In contrast, OpenAI's Haiku 4.5 charges $1 per request and $5 per request above 100,000 tokens.

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### Briefing Anthropic, an AI language model, has introduced new pricing tiers for its s…: ### Briefing Anthropic, an AI language model, has introduced new pricing tiers for its service.
Starting from $0.10 per 1 million input tokens and $0.50 per 1 million output tokens for…: Starting from $0.10 per 1 million input tokens and $0.50 per 1 million output tokens for requests up to 100,000 tokens, the pricing increases to $0.50 and $2.50 above that limit.
In contrast, OpenAI's Haiku 4.5 charges $1 per request and $5 per request above 100,000 t…: In contrast, OpenAI's Haiku 4.5 charges $1 per request and $5 per request above 100,000 tokens.

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Anthropic prices Haiku 5.5 at $0.10/1M input and $0.50/1M output tokens for requests up to 100K tokens, and $0.50 and $2.50 above, vs. $1 and $5 for Haiku 4.5 (Frederic Lardinois/The New Stack)

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