Pricing for both models is significantly higher than its former flagship model — double rates for Claude Opus 4.8, though it's half what users pay for Mythos Preview — at $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens, Anthropic said.
这是一个重要的商业数据点，反映了高级AI模型的定价策略。需要核实这些价格与竞争对手的对比，以及这种高定价是否会限制广泛采用，特别是对于研究和小型企业用户。
Is there any way that these labs can squeeze pennies like Uber has squeezed the drivers over the years? Is there something squishy enough there for them to do that?
大多数人认为AI公司可以通过提高效率和规模经济来实现盈利，但作者质疑AI公司是否能够像Uber通过挤压司机那样找到可挤压的环节来降低成本。这一观点挑战了AI行业将复制Uber成功路径的共识，暗示了AI成本结构的刚性特点。
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