Prof G Markets · Saturday, October 24, 2026
China's inexpensive open-weight models have reduced AI token prices by half, prompting frontier labs like OpenAI to lower their prices by up to as much as 80% while the cost of building AI infrastructure rises.
“China is primarily responsible. Their extraordinarily cheap open-weight models have cut AI token prices in half, forcing frontier labs like OpenAI to reduce their prices by up to 80%.”